Am 26.05.2013 11:28, schrieb Nick Sabalausky:
On Sat, 25 May 2013 22:44:52 -0700
"H. S. Teoh" <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
Like I've said many times before, the only way I found coding in C++
tolerable was to use it as "C with classes". Trying to do real OO in
C++ is an exercise in masochism. Even Java with its baroque verbosity
and prolific boilerplates beats C++ hands-down in this respect.
I always used to consider myself comfortable with C/C++ until I came
across Java.
To mix metaphors, that was a double-edged eye-opener: Java (this was
circa v1.2-v1.4) taught me everything that was wrong with C++'s classes
and *cough* module system, but it *also* taught me that Java wasn't
the answer either. ;)
For me the deal break was that it worked more or less the same
everywhere, while keeping a C++ feeling.
Plus it had a module system reminiscent of Pascal family of languages,
and back then I was already impressed with GC enabled systems
programming languages thanks to Native Oberon operating system.
Did you had the pleasure to write portable C or C++ code across multiple
operating systems and vendors in the mid 90's?
Welcome to #ifdef spaghetti code and reluctance of using certain
features due to inconsistent support.
--
Paulo
