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: a07f3367d7,ab1d177a5a26577d X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!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: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:51:31 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <1ee1a434-4048-48f6-9f5e-d8126bebb808@r19g2000prm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: uiRMzorGO3Dnqq02Vmmf3w.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17350 Date: 2011-02-17T19:51:31+01:00 List-Id: Le Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:41:10 +0100, Mike Sieweke = a =C3=A9crit: > KK6GM wrote: > >> So, without turning into a bash-fest, what are some general-consensus= >> weaknesses or failures or problems with C++? Comparisons with Ada ar= e >> welcome but not required. And my focus is in the embedded & real-tim= e >> arenas, FWIW. > > The flaws in C++ are too numerous for a newsgroup posting. > A bullet list would run into several pages. > > You should read Ian Joyner's critique: > http://www.zechweb.de/Joyners_cpp_critique/ > > You should also read the C++ FQA (frequently questioned answers) > by Yossi Kreinin: > http://www.yosefk.com/c++fqa/index.html > > Do a Google search for "dark side of C++" and you'll find > even more. This one seems especially interesting: > http://port70.net/~nsz/16_c++.html > > -- Mike Sieweke > -- "Just a bit of harmless brain alteration, that's all..." At least, we could reasonably admit there is not so much literatures abo= ut = Ada miss-conceptions (or may one could argue that's only because Ada is = = less popular than C++ ?). -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens. =E2=80=9CI am fluent in ASCII=E2=80=9D [Warren 2010]