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From: mike <mike@newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java
Date: 1999/02/08
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In article <36BECC3E.E5D1723F@acenet.com.au>, Geoff says...
>
 
>> 
>> anyone nowadays still doing such silly errors as falling of the end
>> of an array because they dont use standard STL containers, do not deserve
>> to be programming in any language.
>
>Are you saying that when I want an array of objects
>that I should use an STL abstraction rather than the languages
>built in array type??
>

Yes. offcourse.

Just like only a fool (or a bignner) would use a null terminated char 
array to hold a string, when the C++ standard library comes with a 
build-in string class for doing that.

>This is ridiculous!

It is not. You are given a safe, tested, and higher level and easier to 
use containers such as a vector or string, so use them. if you insist 
on using more primitive data types (which using could result in more 
user errors), then you got only yourself to blame.

C++ standard library provides one with tools to use the langauge in safe
manner. get used to using it.

Mike.