Why do some people prefer C over C++?

[James Brown]

El Corazon wrote:

you said problems with complex programs in C are irrelevant

No, I did not. Learn to read. I *never* said that C was better, or worse than C++. You are reading huge amounts into my simple statement 'C is easier to learn' and are desperately trying to win an argument that doesn't exist, because I made no further comments as to which language was better or more useful.

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[James Brown]

once again, you are making absolutely no sense. I did *not* say that constructors and desctructors have side effects. Your attempt at reasoning appears to be non-existant. I have nothing further to say to you.

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[Christian Graus]

OK - this I agree with 100%. I guess we were trying to say the same things, or at least things that were not opposed :-)

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

[James Brown]

:)

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[Paul M Watt]

embedded devices with limited resources, DOS my company develops applications for hand held portable devices that run windows CE and DOS. We are at our limit on what will fit in the executable. We have to keep C++ out of the code that will run on DOS.

[Code2326]

#include using namespace std; int main() { cout<<"The person who told me that C does more than C++ came from the Robotics Team\n"; cout<<"and that C is the preferred choice for development.\n"; cout<<"Note: This is FIRST (usfirst.org), it is a regular High\n"; cout<<"School Club/Team, not something major like developing a product for the public.\n"; cout<<"Thanks for the input everyone.\n"; cout<<"Press Enter to Close Program.\n"; cin.get(); } Hmmmm....I don't think I'm that great of a programmer. :~ Could I have written that program better?

[Jim Crafton]

I'll take a stab! -Lack of a native, built in String type -Lack of any awareness of size of a dynamically allocated array -No understanding (at run time) of the difference between a pointer to an object (like a struct or class or primitive) and an array -dippy syntax that makes writing front end parsers (such as one would use for building analysis tools like lint, or a tool to generate class diagrams, etc) a total nightmare. C++ is one of the most difficult language to write a parser for when using tools like lexx/yacc/antlr, etc due to the convoluted syntax, which is why traditionally these tools have been lacking and slow to get built by the development community. I can't emphasize this enough -total lack of C++ Application Binary Interface (ABI) standard resulting in a total mess, and complete incompatibility between compilers -no real, useful RTTI, not even anyway to "toggle" it on or off via pragma, or compiler flags -a total lack of courage within the top tiers of the C++ community (hey Bjarne!) to publicly stand up and legitimately criticize vendors for poor compiler implementations.

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[Lost User]

C++ is superset of C and can do everything C can. However the difference between the current C language and C++ isnt so great as you might think so the superset that C++ is is only a bit bigger than C.

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[Lost User]

Christian Graus wrote:

harder it is to write and maintain C code

Very design dependant. C, using structures instead of classes is almost the same as C++. The difference is the lack of inheritance and making members private. So C can be easier to maintain than C++, particularly as it is simpler.

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[Lost User]

Smalltalk makes you feel like punching someone, Prolog makes you feel like punching yourself.

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