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Article #871Re: Relationship between C and C++
From: Wayne Wood
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 18:20
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 18:20
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In article <8432@hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu writes:
>compatibility with C, it keeps all its low-level and dangerous features.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
C is like a loaded gun... it is only dangerous if the person using it does not
know what they are doing.
>
> I strongly disagree with this approach if the goal is to obtain software
>quality. Take pointer arithmetic, for example. I would contend that you can
>have quality software, or you can have pointer arithmetic; but you cannot
>have both...
>
give me a break!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!shelby!eos!woody From: woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Relationship between C and C++ Message-ID: <6515@eos.UUCP> Date: 19 Mar 90 18:20:07 GMT References: <EGB2327xds13@ficc.uu.net> <8432@hubcap.clemson.edu> Reply-To: woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood) Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 20