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- From: ded@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (nod sivad)
- Subject: Re: Just what is so great about streams?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.171641.13797@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
- Reply-To: ded@aplcen (nod sivad)
- Organization: Johns Hopkins University
- References: <1992Nov12.061942.16473@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 17:16:41 GMT
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- >This posting is a genuinely answer-seeking question,
- >
- > what _is_ so great about streams?
- >
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- If you're a purist, you have to use streams to remain pure.
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- If you're a beginner with no knowledge of C, you should probably use
- streams since they offer superior type checking.
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- If you're already familiar with the printf() IO scheme, you can
- ignore the purists. They'll whine and complain
- and overstate their position, but the fact is streams offer little
- advantage over printf(). The real advantages of C++ lie elsewhere.
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- me
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