> If C++ doesn't scare you, you have no business using it. > > Sorry, but that was just too open. I had to take the shot. But > seriously, there's more truth in that statement than a sarcastic > retort like it deserves. The time to run screaming from a project is > the moment the architect declares that it *has* to be written in C++ > because no other language will do. I'm serious; use with caution. :)
I fully second Andy here. If you want to learn about object-oriented programming, C++, Java, PHP, etc. is the wrong place to start. Get http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/ObjC.pdf and read the introduction to OO programming. It really gives you the insight you need to understand C++ and also what's wrong with it. Pity Objective-C never really made it outside of {Next,Open,GNU}Step. If you start a project and need OO features, either do it properly (in Python or Objective-C), or do it the hard way with GLib/GObject. I'd better shut up on the mailing list of a giant project written in C++... I still admire you folks for getting it this far even with C++! Andras =========================================================================== Major Andras e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://andras.webhop.org/ =========================================================================== _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
