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Subject: Re: What's wrong with C++?
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KK6GM wrote:
> This is a serious question, seeking objective information.  I've
> worked with C for many years and I have a very good understanding of
> its weaknesses, which are many.  I haven't done nearly so much C++,
> and what I have done was not very intensive (didn't use a great many
> C+ + features), so I don't have a good understanding of its
> weaknesses.
>
> So, without turning into a bash-fest, what are some general-consensus
> weaknesses or failures or problems with C++?  Comparisons with Ada are
> welcome but not required.  And my focus is in the embedded & real-time
> arenas, FWIW.

What wrong with C++? It may be better to ask what is wrong with the other 
2! Anyway, the list of what is right with C++ is much, much shorter, so 
by process of elimination, what is not on the good list, is on the bad 
list. Here's my list of good things:

  Uses curly-braces, mostly effectively.

I'll add to this list as I think of any more things.