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Subject: What's wrong with C++?
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:37:12 -0800 (PST)
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This is a serious question, seeking objective information.  I've
worked with C for many years and I have a very good understanding of
its weaknesses, which are many.  I haven't done nearly so much C++,
and what I have done was not very intensive (didn't use a great many C+
+ features), so I don't have a good understanding of its weaknesses.

So, without turning into a bash-fest, what are some general-consensus
weaknesses or failures or problems with C++?  Comparisons with Ada are
welcome but not required.  And my focus is in the embedded & real-time
arenas, FWIW.