[Coco] re:Learning to program

John W. Linville linville at tuxdriver.com
Mon Dec 19 09:49:03 EST 2005


On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 07:06:27PM -0800, Neil Morrison wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Cappellini" <tony at tcapp.com>
> 
> >This is a rather comical look at C++ . http://tcapp.com/pub/C++/
> >While it's not a real interview with Stroustrop, I tend to agree with 
> >several points.
> 
> My experiences with C++ are that it's all just C with the C++ headers. I've 
> yet to see anyone use encapsulation or inheritance etc.

Seriously???  Most C veteran's complain that people using C++ seem
to think they need to use every available feature of the language
even in the simplest programs.

Nowadays, C++ has evolved so much that "real" C++ looks very little
like C, with tons of template usage, etc.

John
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