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Kenneth Culver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > I have a small problem. I work for software development company and
: > write daemons and console tools for Unix. My boss wants everything to be
: > written in C++, because he thinks C++ is cool. I prefer C for such
: > tasks, but I cannot really put good arguments of why and where C++ can
: > be worse than C. I know many of you prefer C too. Can you please explain
: > some disadvantages of C++ comparing to C ? Is it slower, does it produce
: > less effective code, why is it like that, etc ... or please direct me to
: > some articles where this can be explained.
:
: My main problem with C++ is that it adds a lot of overhead, and it's slow.
: Also, it drives me nuts when people code in C++ and write all kinds of
: classes when using classes for certain things just doesn't make sense, and
: makes the code much more convoluted.
C++ doesn't add noticable overhead and isn't slow, unless you are a
dumbass about how you write it. All languages give you plenty of ways
to write speghetti fortran code :-). C++ gives you a number of ways
to obfuscate.
Warner
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