Re: SoftEng, United, Baggage, Denver

[jahlstro@cisco.com (John Ahlstrom)]

Mike Stark (michael.e.stark@gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
: nrm@sei.cmu.edu (Nancy Mead) wrote:
: >
: >In article <4j9o5f$6sv@nuacht.iol.ie>, nmurphy@iol.ie (Niall Murphy) writes:
: >|> cjames@melchizedek.cec-services.com (The Right Reverend Colin James
: >|> III) wrote:
: >|> 
: >|> ^
: >|> >You are mistaken.  C/C++ is much more susceptible to errors due to the
: >|> >languages being write-once, among other reasons. 
: >|> 

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: Folks --

: I hate to admit it, but the Rt. Reverend is not making an outrageous
: argument when he blames C++ for problems in a large software system
: that controls mechanical devices.  Yes, if your staff is well-trained
: on how to use its tools the choice of language is less important.  However, there are languages specifically designed for embedded s=
: ystems (Ada, anyone?) or to support the maintenance of large systems via 
: the contract model for interfaces and inclusion of assertions in the
: language (Eiffel, anyone?).
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A colleague of mine after about 5 years with C and about 18 months with C++
had to get himself a T-shirt made saying on the front:

            C is Much Worse Than C++

and on the back:

            C++ is Much Worse Than C


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