Subj : Re: Compiler and an interpreter
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Mon Aug 01 2005 03:18 pm

In article <42ecc57f$0$2849$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>, 
usenet@jdh30.plus.com says...
> Gerry Quinn wrote:
> > In article <42eb8672$0$14673$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
> > usenet@jdh30.plus.com says...
> >> C++ isn't worth using unless you use the STL, IMHO. Error messages from
> >> all of the compilers that I have seen are completely unwieldy when using
> >> the STL. For example, the following code contains an extra "const":
> > 
> > STL is just a library.  I got on well enough with the MFC collection
> > classes for a while, although I do prefer STL now.  I still use MFC
> > CString.  The rest of the stuff is just functions you might need once
> > in a while.
> > 
> > [STL example - I'm not sure I would call it C++]
> 
> I don't think there's any question that it is C++. If you write code that
> uses the more advanced features of C++ then you'll get many such errors
> (and probably even compiler errors).

Then you probably shouldn't, unless you need to.

It seems to me that the much maligned folk who "write C in C++" abuse 
the language less than those who try to write Lisp etc. in it!

- Gerry Quinn

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