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Article #4873Re: C++ vs Objective-C
From: keith gorlen
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1987 17:49
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1987 17:49
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In article <338@crin.crin.fr>, tombre@crin.crin.fr (Karl Tombre) writes: > 2) the same can be said of C++. It is not more "unified" than Objective-C. Yes, it is. A C++ programmer can write functions to convert instances of his own classes into fundamental C types and vice-versa. The C++ compiler, since C++ is strongly typed, can arrange to call these type conversion functions automatically. Thus, it is possible to implement your own class String, and use instances of String interchangeably with char*, for example. -- Keith Gorlen phone: (301) 496-5363 Building 12A, Room 2017 uucp: uunet!mimsy!elsie!nih-csl!keith National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!mimsy!cvl!elsie!nih-csl!keith From: keith@nih-csl.UUCP (keith gorlen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: C++ vs Objective-C Message-ID: <275@nih-csl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 26-Sep-87 13:49:09 EDT Article-I.D.: nih-csl.275 Posted: Sat Sep 26 13:49:09 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Sep-87 07:25:35 EDT References: <3405@ece-csc.UUCP> <638@its63b.ed.ac.uk> <1811@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <338@crin.crin.fr> Organization: NIH-CSL, Bethesda, MD Lines: 14 Summary: C++ is more "unified" than Objective C because it has user-controlled implicit type conversion.