Greetings all... I'm about to undertake a major software engineering project and I can't decide between C or C++ and was wondering if I could get some input from the community.
As part of this project I'm going to need to make use of at least 2 C libraries (OpenSSL and ncurses) and the application must be compatible with the standard range of Linux/UNIX compilers and operating systems. All of these signs make me sway closer to just doing it in C. However, one strong point always seems to pull me back to C++, constructors and destructors. Constructors and destructors can offer so much in the way of memory leak avoidance. Of course, each language can leak memory like a sieve if used improperly. However, for statically allocated structures semi-automatic garbage collection can be a nice cushion. Anyway, without getting into too much detail. Anyone had to make this choice on a project? What were your thoughts in retrospect? What would you have done different, what would stay the same... PS For this project things like polymorphisms and inheritance really aren't needed. Thanks -- Ryan Sommers [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
