funny that you ask that question. i was just thinking "don't these people have a life?". ... then i realized that i'm reading it in the same real-time that they're sending them.
oh, well ... > Geeze Tanner.. You working graveyard tonight?? > > DS > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanner Lovelace >> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 3:27 AM >> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list >> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Re: Managed languages (was .NET >> development on Linux) >> >> Phillip Rhodes said the following on 6/17/04 5:25 PM: >> >> > Joseph Tate wrote: >> > >> >> Is there a memory management plugin for C/C++ (though that would >> >> defeat the purpose)? >> > >> > >> > Ok, first a nit-pick...I wish people wouldn't write "C slash C++". >> That implies that they are the same language, and they're >> really not. >> > >> > It *used* to be the case that you could effectively consider C++ a >> proper superset of C, but with the latest rev of the C >> standard, the >> > languages have diverged enough that it makes sense to quit >> referring >> > to them as though they were the same. >> > >> > Having said that... Memory management in C++ is made much >> simpler by >> > using smart pointers... Google sometime for "C++ smart pointer" or >> just "auto_ptr" and read some of the stuff that's out there... >> >> Phil, >> >> I was right there with you until you mentioned "auto_ptr". >> auto_ptr is the worst example of a "smart pointer" there is. >> If you want to see a decent smart pointer go to the Boost >> Library (http://www.boost.org/) and look at some of the ones >> there which are much more useful than auto_ptr. >> >> Cheers, >> Tanner >> >> -- >> TriLUG mailing list : >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG >> Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ >> TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc >> > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ > : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
