Crispin, It is most certainly true that C++ can be appropriate in those cases. C++ programs can perform just as well as C programs, while also being much better structured. Of course, it will be necessary to avoid performing frequent allocation and deallocation of heap memory in the C++ program - but the same is true of C programs. Poorly-performing programs can be written in either language.
David Crocker, Escher Technologies Ltd. Consultancy, contracting and tools for dependable software development www.eschertech.com -----Original Message----- From: Crispin Cowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 November 2006 04:46 To: David Crocker Cc: 'Secure Coding' Subject: Re: [SC-L] re-writing college books [was: Re: A banner year for software bugs | Tech News on ZDNet] David Crocker wrote: > Unfortunately, there are at least two situations in which C++ is a > more suitable alternative to Java and C#: > > - Where performance is critical. Run time of C# code (using the faster > .NET 2.0 > runtime) can be as much as double the run time of a C++ version of the same > algorithm. Try telling a large company that it must double the size of its > compute farms so you can switch to a "better" programming language! > > - In hard real-time applications where garbage collection pauses > cannot be tolerated. > Except that in both of those cases, C++ is not appropriate either. That is a case for C. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://crispincowan.com/~crispin/ Director of Software Engineering, Novell http://novell.com Hack: adroit engineering solution to an unanticipated problem Hacker: one who is adroit at pounding round pegs into square holes _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php
