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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ab1d177a5a26577d X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.68.21.229 with SMTP id y5mr8867756pbe.1.1317761490980; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:51:30 -0700 (PDT) Path: lh7ni11598pbb.0!nntp.google.com!news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!feeder.news-service.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What's wrong with C++? Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:51:29 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <1ee1a434-4048-48f6-9f5e-d8126bebb808@r19g2000prm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: zr8m5dsiG+Rs6FWy4ndNjg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.51 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: 2011-10-04T22:51:29+02:00 List-Id: Le Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:37:12 +0100, KK6GM = a =C3=A9crit: > 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++? Here is an easy to read interesting answer to that question, from a C++ = = user, reporting about a C++ conference he attended to. http://cpptruths.blogspot.com/2005/10/whats-wrong-with-c.html -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [Ep= igrams on = Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale University] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [Idem] Java: Write once, Never revisit