[Gllug] Office software -> c/c++ debate

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 03:26:42PM +0000, Pete Ryland wrote:
> C++ is a superset of C.

Some C code is not valid C++, so that is not strictly accurate.
Objective-C was specifically designed to be a superset of C and so to
compile all C code.  It's supporters also cite the simpler O-O model as
an advantage.

It does sometimes seem to me that the architects of C++ (the guys on the
standards committees) seem to be on a mission to ensure job security
through obscurity.  A lot of the ordinary mortals who use C++ stick to
the small subset of its features that they are familiar with and don't
venture beyond.

-- 
Bruce

Remember you're a Womble.
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