From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fec3,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid10fec3,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 111308,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid111308,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 108a70,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108a70,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-15 10:11:37 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!fwi.uva.nl!hermes.fwi.uva.nl!not-for-mail From: mdekker@fwi.uva.nl (Martijn Dekker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.oracle,comp.client-server Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 15 Nov 1994 17:17:16 +0100 Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam Distribution: world Message-ID: <3aamuc$14l@matrix.fwi.uva.nl> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: matrix.fwi.uva.nl Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:16718 comp.lang.c:68606 comp.programming:12812 comp.lang.c++:78982 comp.object:17422 comp.databases.sybase:13008 comp.databases.oracle:22227 comp.client-server:6837 Date: 1994-11-15T17:17:16+01:00 List-Id: emery@goldfinger.mitre.org (David Emery) wrote: :>Ada developers are rare. C/C++ developers are all over the place. : :It's a big mistake to equate C and C++ programmers. There's a :substantial difference in approach between the two languages. In my :observation, the number of C programmers >> the number of C++ :programmers. What's worse, the number of people claiming to :know C++ >> the number of people who actually understand the language. : :Thus a lot of alleged C++ is nothing more than bad C with 'OOP-sugar' :sprinkled over the code. : : dave Couldn't have said it better! Most C++ programs I have seen, use C++ as nothing more than a convenient preprocessor of C. The ideas of OOP are not found in those programs. But, of course, there are people who understand the concept of OOP and seem to be able to program in an 'OOP-style' using C++. I an not sure I understand what Object Oriented Programming is all about, but I one very happy C programmer. -- Martijn Dekker | PFF - software: coding for Atari and X machines University of Amsterdam| Mail for info about Ishido Math department | mail: mdekker@fwi.uva.nl, 2:280/706.14@fidonet.org, 90:500/104.14@nest.ftn