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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,28cd155693714664 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-17 07:56:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability Date: 17 Jun 2002 09:55:31 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3D0DE5E2.5010904@mail.com> <3D0DF19E.5010805@mail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1024325683 13235 192.135.80.34 (17 Jun 2002 14:54:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 14:54:43 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26157 Date: 2002-06-17T09:55:31-06:00 List-Id: In article <3D0DF19E.5010805@mail.com>, Hyman Rosen writes: > Larry Kilgallen wrote: >> There is a serious question in my mind whether everyone using C* has >> done so based on thorough reasoning. > > I can't speak for anyone else, but I use C++ because I love it. Nobody who reads your posts doubts that about you. I am sure there are others in a similar position. But I suspect there are still others with much less basis for their decision. Even some who make the decision with _no_ technical background (managers). > I am at my current job because I answered an ad which was looking > for expert C++ programmers, and it sounded (and is) exactly like > what I wanted. I find the combination of multiple inheritance, > virtual functions, and automatically instantiated templates to > result in remarkably concise, expressive, efficient, and typesafe > code which is moreover a lot of fun to write. It more than makes > up for the warped C-legacy syntax. C++ is bound to be less attractive to those of us not from a C background.