Re: C/C++ does not exist!

[dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller)]

In article <3g8s8eINNclv@marble.summit.novell.com>,
Schilling J. <jls@summit.novell.com> wrote:
>In article <3fshks$lg3@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) writes [in his .sig]:
>>
>>-- 
>>       Frustrated with C/C++, Pascal, Fortran?  Ada95 _might_ be for you!
>
>It's been said before, but it deserves to be said again:  there is no such
>language as "C/C++".  There are two separate languages, C and C++, which in
>many respects are as different as night and day.   This is especially true
>in the context of Ada -- for C has almost nothing in common with Ada, while 
>C++ has a good deal in common with Ada.  This lumping together is especially
>frustrating in things like Greg Aharonian's (or anybody's) language usage 
>analyses, because there's a real question as to how much C++ is actually being
>used out there.

More to the point (from my perspective) is how many organizations are
using C++ when they should strongly consider using Ada95.  Still,
John, you're correct.  I've fixed my signature. :-)



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