Re:

[Fernando Salas <fsalas@fibertel.com.ar>]

dreyhau@banet.net wrote:

> Um, uh uh. For big projects C++ is horrible,

IMHO is a matter of practices, I worked in a big C project that has 5 years by
the time I've gotten in touch with it and was hell, of couirse I'm not blaming C
, I blame bad practices, I think that it's the same on C++, it has its dos and
don't . It's also a matter of documentation, etc. I've found C++ quite usefull
to do some things that are nasty to do in C.


> Ever heard of operator overloading. Keeping track of all them for a module or
> two is 'ok'. But for
> a couple hundred?

Well here is one of the dos and dont's, if u overload operators in a consistent
way all across the app, then no problem , if u use operator = to multiply things
then u are busted.
C has that sort of things too, named good practices or whatever.


> C is a simply superior language. C++ is bulky and contains
> numerous faults. One of the faults includes memory leaks. Who ever heard of
> a memmory leak in C?

I do:). In wich cases do u think C++ has its leaks?


> Also C++ produces apps about 2 times as big, half as
> fast, in two times the time to develop.

I don't agree with that, it can have -some- overhead with some uses, but u will
have almost or equal overhead to do the same thing with C if u want it as
flexible as C++.
The time to develop has(usually) more to do with crappy requirement/design than
coding. I think that perhaps more effort is needed in C++ in design phase before
any coding, then it pays back in the coding phase, if u don't make design right
u need to rewrite, in C u are more probable to get crappy code instead of
rewrite the whole things, in C++ I think that designs flaws are more obvious due
to the language typing/encapsulation enforcement.


> Don't make me argue further, there
> are so many more arguments.

And so many to use C++:)

Cheers!

Fernando

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