----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:55 AM Subject: Re: Palm Development General Question
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:52:54 -0500, "Chris Hall" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hello, > > I was wondering which language seems to be more widely used for Palm > >development, C or C++? Is there any major benefit for using one language > >over the other? > > I recommend using C++ as a better C because of the stronger type > checking that goes on. That is, your source files will have .CPP > extensions, but the code will look just list a C program. Besides > better type checking, you will be able to declare automatic variables > anywhere, not just at the beginning of a block. > Just want to clarify a little bit : C99 allows to declare local variables anywhere. CW compiler just does not support this. Vu -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
