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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: gentrj@cii3116-01.its.rpi.edu (Ghost In The Machine) Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada Date: 1996/02/25 Message-ID: <4gqblt$4o7@usenet.rpi.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 141155204 references: <00001a73+00002504@msn.com> <3114d8fb.5a455349@zesi.ruhr.de> <4f5h5t$f13@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4g1bgf$l5@mailhub.scitec.com.au> <4g2vn3$rgi@dfw.dfw.net> <4gj8f3$mr4@usenet.rpi.edu> followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ organization: its newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-02-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) wrote: : No one ever said that this applied to "everyone", my original remark : was that it was remarkable how many people made pronouncements about : C++ without knowing much about it, and that particularly people who : lumpied C and C++ together as though they were one language were likely : in that category. Yes, I must apologize ... it seems that I either did not read your post carefully enough, or simply misunderstood it for a second. All these people waving their language's flag like it was their national banner tends to get me a bit jumpy :) ... : I am sure your professor does not think that C and C++ are the same : language :-) From lectures, it would seem that answer is a no, but I don't think most people when they say C/C++ are insinuating that they're the same language (I don't, at least) ... I mean, for instance, I say that on occasion, and I love c coding, but really would rather not code in C++ ... its just something that i've never really gotten into. (of course, I've not done any 'Real World large programming') either - If I thought they were the same language, It would stand to reason that i'd enjoy or dislike both, eh? :) Anyhow, perhaps the reason C/C++ started is due to all these DOS C++ compilers out there which have every Tom, Dick, and Harry "wannabe windows" programmer writing c code, using // for comments, and think they have C++ programs ;) -- Jeff Gentry jester@rpi.edu PGP Public Key Available Upon Request http://www.rpi.edu/~gentrj