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,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: vlad@world2u.com (Vlastimil Adamovsky) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1997/02/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 217961698 x-nntp-posting-host: i123.138.world2u.com references: x-nntp-posting-user: (Unauthenticated) x-trace: 855630078/26949 newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: richard@highrise.nl wrote: >................................. but in my view C++ is basically C with the >capability to add functions to structs. Before I tried C++, I would >bundle pointers to functions in my C-structs to fake some kind of >OO-like bundling of similar functions ;) C++ take this a major >step further by actually bundling data and functions together >in a struct. But that is what classes are in C++: just enhanced >structs! Whow! Then you really don't need C++. Use C instead. There is nothing keeping you from using member functions in C structures. It is completely legal. >I find that many of the OO-capabilities of C++ are just "crammed in" >to overcome the static nature of the language. C++ is by far not >elegant in this respect. I get the idea that a lot of features >have been braught in on the fly ("hey, multiple inhertiance >would be neat. And while we're at it, let's try templates too"). Multiple inheritance is great. Templates are very useful in generic programming. >That C++ still works as a OO-language is mostly due to the strengths of >the language C itself... it appears to still work even under the >weirdest circumstances. In that respect Stroustup made an excellent >chouce by using C as a base ;) It was a smart choice. Vlastimil Adamovsky ** C++ and Smalltalk consultant ** * http://www.stepweb.com *