I guess if all you ever use is GCC/G++, then C++ isn't so bad.
However, if you actually want to write a portable application *and*
support non-GNU compilers which may support a special target or is
optimized (think: Intel's compilers) ... most C compiler implementations
are pretty much surprise-f
But doesn't that apply just as well to C++, or even C?
Saturday, July 24, 2010, 8:06:01 PM, you wrote:
> It seems like the only thing "S" about "STL" is the specification, not
> in implementation
It seems like the only thing "S" about "STL" is the specification, not
in implementation -- this is why you have hell-on-earth like STLport.
Or, people throwing in the kitchen sink (!) and using a monstrosity like
Boost. (Seriously, there are whole operating systems that aren't as
enormous as Bo
