> > From: Aley Keprt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >You probably missed the lessons I have at university. > > Yeah.. I spent to much time surfing the net...
I wanted to say 'had', not 'have'. > >You probably don't think (as I do) that hi-level programming is generally > >better than low-level programming, > >which gives you faster code. But nowadays computers are fast enough to run > >on C++. > > You're right. I am a low-level programmer. I do admit that C++ DOES have its > uses... For a start, it's a lot easier writing Windows apps in C++ than it > is in C. And I guess Smalltalk and Eiffle have there uses, somewhere, too... I'm talking about "real" applications - like internet explorer, netscape, word, coreal draw, or games (the laste one is my job). No Eiffel or Smalltalk. C++ is usable in real world, since it's very fast compared to others, and of course, it's very similar to assembler or C in many points, so people like C++ more than scientific Smalltalk. > I belong to the train of beleif that, if you write your code to work at a > reasonable speed on a 5 year old computer, imagine how fast it would be on > an up-to-date beastie! :) What? I don't have 5 years old computer at work. If they would give me such a shit, I leave instantly. > >C++ is not for Sam. > >At least since C++ compilers are MUCH MUCH slower than their C brothers. > > You're telling me! :) > C++ seems to take forever to compile anything! > > Justin. I hope you're just kidding. C++ enshortens source code length, so the very large programs are easy to keep. And, of course, if we do object oriented design, we can easily implement it using C++. And combined with assembler, we get fast games, what we want, of course. ;-) e.g. We have a very sophisticated 3D graphics engine written in high-level C++ with lots of inheritance. 4 programmers have work on it for months already, and they've still not finished completely. Especially when using Windows' COM components which are naturally objective, it's nice to have C++. If they choose C instead of C++, they would be now somewhere in the hospital (psychiatry). And I would be unemployed..... ;-) Aley
