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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_ADDR_WS, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dff4194107a3f277 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-27 12:47:29 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!swrinde!pipex!uknet!gdt!aber!acw93 From: Adam Watkin-Jones Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: C/C++ does not exist! Date: 27 Jan 1995 20:47:29 -0000 Organization: University of Wales - Aberystwyth - Prifysgol Cymru Sender: acw93@aber.ac.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <3gbm51$glp@osfa.aber.ac.uk> References: <3g8s8eINNclv@marble.summit.novell.com> Reply-To: acw93@aber.ac.uk (ADAM CARADOC WATKIN-JONES) NNTP-Posting-Host: osfa.aber.ac.uk X-Newsreader: mxrn 6.18-9 Date: 1995-01-27T20:47:29+00:00 List-Id: In article , bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup <9758-26353> 0112760) writes: : : :jls@summit.novell.com (Schilling J.) : : > because there's a real question as to how much C++ is actually being : > used out there. : :Really? : :Of course, keeping your eyes closed is a good way to be sure :not to see anything see anything you don't want to see. : : - Bjarne : Perhaps jls means to say that C++ is perhaps being used more as a "better C" than as a way of fully adopting the OO paradigm. I personally believe that a good OO programmer/designer (yes, the roles are blurred by an iterative development cycle) will have learnt to look at objects, messages and polymorphism first, and structs and pointers second. -- Adam Caradoc Watkin-Jones (acw93@aber.ac.uk)