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-Thread: a07f3367d7,ab1d177a5a26577d X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!195.71.90.67.MISMATCH!news.unit0.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!feeder.news-service.com!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe11.ams2.POSTED!00000000!not-for-mail From: Chris Moore User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What's wrong with C++? References: <1ee1a434-4048-48f6-9f5e-d8126bebb808@r19g2000prm.googlegroups.com> <4d5c105a$0$32660$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 110216-1, 16/02/2011), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.18.136.180 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe11.ams2 1297887912 82.18.136.180 (Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:25:12 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:25:12 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:25:31 +0000 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17310 Date: 2011-02-16T20:25:31+00:00 List-Id: On 16/02/2011 18:18, KK6GM wrote: > On Feb 16, 9:58 am, Hyman Rosen wrote: >> On 2/16/2011 12:37 PM, KK6GM wrote: >> >>> This is a serious question, seeking objective information. >> >> Don't you think it would be better to ask in a C++ newsgroup? > > I'm not at all sure the question would be received and answered as > intended in such a group. And besides, I am convinced that there are > some people here who are very knowledgeable in the field of language > design, and who can give objective and valid answers. Some are even > employed by companies that write C++ compilers and related tools. > > Thanks for your ball-rolling-start, and I'm sure you will stick around > to make sure any answers are more or less reasonable. C baggage, lack of readability and threading model outside of the language are probably the big three from my realtime embedded POV. This page also bought back some bad memories : http://www.cpp-home.com/tutorials/244_1.htm