[plug] C's Preference

William Kenworthy billk at iinet.net.au
Sun Nov 30 18:50:31 WST 2003


Yes and no, I think the c++ compiler without oop is a "better c" from an
ease of use point of view (this is the way I prefer to program c), but
some of those features come at a cost.

On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 17:25, James Devenish wrote:
> In message <1070184010.31593.5.camel at rattus.Localdomain>
> on Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 05:20:10PM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
> > c++ and oop are generally considered slow and bloated for small
> > applications,
> 
> Careful with your wording...I think you meant to say "C++ with OOP"
> is generally considered...&c.
> 
> > Use Perl instead.

> Esp. for the kernel ;-)
Of course, if they could start again, would there be any other choice?

:)

BillK






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