Re: What's up with C++ (books)?

Avdi Grimm <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jun 2011 01:20:02 -0400
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Kjell Rilbe <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not opposing that, but I really strongly believe that C++ is in
> general not a very good choise today, unless you're targeting a platform
> where you really only have C, C++ and assembler to choose from, or
> require multi platform support. That's really where C and C++ excels,
> but that's not something that's inherent in those languages, but simply
> a question of tradition and politics.

Can't say I agree with that. It's not about platform, it's about
problem. For systems programming, especially on the embedded side, C++
is still one of the best (and only) choices. But writing a GUI or web
application in it is just nuts.

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      <p>On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Kjell Rilbe &lt;<a href="mailto:kjell.rilbe%40datadia.se">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; I'm not opposing that, but I really strongly believe that C&#43;+ is in<br>
&gt; general not a very good choise today, unless you're targeting a platform<br>
&gt; where you really only have C, C&#43;+ and assembler to choose from, or<br>
&gt; require multi platform support. That's really where C and C&#43;+ excels,<br>
&gt; but that's not something that's inherent in those languages, but simply<br>
&gt; a question of tradition and politics.<br>
<br>
Can't say I agree with that. It's not about platform, it's about<br>
problem. For systems programming, especially on the embedded side, C&#43;+<br>
is still one of the best (and only) choices. But writing a GUI or web<br>
application in it is just nuts.<br>
<br>
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