Re: Desirability of C++

[Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com>]

Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch> writes:
> Could C++ functions return things other than an integer or a pointer,
> or would there a simple way in C++ to make arrays with bounds but no OO bloat,
> the frustration about performance would be in the direction you  mention.

What does that mean? C++ functions can return things other than integers
and pointers, and there is a simple way in C++ to make arrays with bounds
but no OO bloat.

> Then a more advanced modularity, increased features for types
> other than the basic ones and a more readable syntax - important.
> I'm sure C2010 will ressemble much to a known language ;-)

While C++ syntax can sometimes be abysmal, I am 100% convinced that the
main reason for the lack of Ada's popularity is its Pascal-derived syntax.
Even after many attempts, I still can't look at a chunk of Ada code without
my eyes swimming from the mass of undifferentiated text. If the designers
had gone with {/} instead of is/begin/end, this could have been a different
world. (And yes, I know that the internationalists wouldn't hear of using
curly braces back then.)