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Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:

> You are correct Damien, but what I really want to comment about was that
> c++ is used more often to add things like array bounds checking, non zero
> based arrays, which should have been part of the original language, rather
> than using c++ to extend and design better programs..

> If you consider null terminated strings for example in C, I bet that this
> simple "feature" is the root cause for hundreds of errors in existing
> programs.

Don't dream too loud of these original Ada features! After all the whole time
spent debugging null-terminated strings is a good thing for employement in CS
area.

(...)

> But please be assured that I love C and C++ and I that don't want to start
> a flame war or have the c++ faithfuls of the djgpp group storm in to my
> place and nail my gizzard to my PC ;-)

Everybody loves C. We are all very happy. 8-)

-- 
Gautier

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