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Larry,
 
>...as safe as Pascal.... MPW C++ may not catch as many errors as it should,
>but that's a compiler problem, not a language problem.
 
I would tend to disagree.  C and C++ both allow so many things to compile that
could easily be typos but cause the program to do the wrong thing (I do admit
that C++ is better than C).  For example, anywhere you can use a ==, you can
also use = (and vice versa) and have the program compile fine (due to the
definition of the language), but get different results.  Your program will not
only compile, but may even work fine in some instances.  It doesn't even stand
out when you are looking over your code.  This error would be cought in Pascal
(or even in Pascal '9x), but not in C or C++.
 
There are other many other problems like this that are part of the language and
not due to the compiler.  This doesn't even address the other language problems
like having various features clash when used together or having the wrong
defaults when using features (why isn't virtual the default?).  It's a shame
that Apple doesn't appear to be doing anything with Pascal '9x which appears to
give programmers the power of C++ without nearly as many pitfalls.
 
Alan