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Article #5300Re: Third public review of X3J11 C (a scientist speaks up)
From: Herman Rubin
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1988 13:00
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1988 13:00
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In article <1988Aug26.162706.22671@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > In article <1290@garth.UUCP> smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) writes: > >Sounds like somebody wants an extensible C. > > It's been done, it works well, and it's readily available: C++. There are gross weaknesses in C++. It does not allow the introduction of new operators, for example. It does not address the problem of multiword hardware types, using machine dependencies where they can profitably be used (see the discussion about short x short -> long), and other such goodies. I have used one type when C would assume another type; C++ would complain. Fortunately, the newer C++ compilers do not reduce to C; that gave such atrocious code that if there was another way it would be preferable. C++ addresses a few of the weaknesses of C. However, it ignores the worst of the problems. -- Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907 Phone: (317)494-6054 hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet, UUCP)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!k.cc.purdue.edu!l.cc.purdue.edu!cik From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Third public review of X3J11 C (a scientist speaks up) Summary: C++ is not sufficiently extensible. Message-ID: <899@l.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 27 Aug 88 13:00:31 GMT References: <64919@sun.uucp> <8358@smoke.ARPA> <4566@saturn.ucsc.edu> <1988Aug26.162706.22671@utzoo.uucp> Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department Lines: 22