A bit OT for the Subject, but I wonder if anybody has compared Objective-C versus C++ in terms of ease of use. I know that Apple likes Objective-C whereas UNIX seems to prefer C++ (or just plain C). z/OS doesn't even have an Objective-C compiler as far as my limited knowledge goes. I have some doc on Objective-C and it seems to be less C-like than C++.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Strings > > Linus has his reasons, some of which are actually technical and relate > to > the unique requirements of the Linux kernel. > > Have you written at least a few hundred klocs in both C and C++? I'm > sure > that David has and I agree with his statements 100%, perhaps with one > caveat - C++ is a much bigger language: the more complicated features > like > templates can be complicated to use and we tend to mostly avoid them. > Our > C++ code looks mostly like C with judicious use of classes, RAII, > exceptions, etc. > > Kirk Wolf > Dovetailed Technologies > http://dovetail.com > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Shane Ginnane <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:40:11 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > > > > >In fact, I find it difficult to fathom why anybody > > >would still write C code when C++ is such a superior language. > > > > I seem to recall some fella named Torvalds having his say about this > a few > > years ago. > > People (no, not Dave) keep coming up with a plaintive "why ain't the > > kernel written in C++ ... ?" > > > > Comes back to the old adage of "right tool for the job". > > > > Shane ... > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM- > MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
