Date:	Sat, 4 Mar 2000 06:23:44 +0600 (LKT)
From:	Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT crosswinds DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: C++, what is it (Was: Re: Fastest bitblt?)
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 11:22:15 -0500, "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]"
> <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com> wrote:
> 
> >Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:
> >
> >> Damian Yerrick wrote
> >
> >> > C++ can do operator overloading, which converts
> >> > farpokel() into an array access.
> >
> >Although you could make a 'FarArray' class which changed
> >array accessing into 'farpoke*' calls.
> 
> Sorry, I was unclear.
> Anyone care to write a FarArray class based on templates (hee hee
> hee)?

;-)

> 
> >> What about the poor guys (a lot of people BTW, just see
> >> how much of the source out there is C) who program in C.
> 
> I program in C too.

Yes C is still the standard. But sometimes like when I play games like
the command and conquer series etc I think that since most of the units
(rocket launcher, soldier etc) have basicaly similar priorities, coding in
C++ using a Object oriented approach should make things easier. And for
such games c++ should be the language of choice..

> 
> >> BTW I love C++ but sometimes I get the feeling when I read
> >> statements like the above that it is more a toolkit which you
> >> can use to "patch up" various problematic designs rather than
> >> a programming language.
> >
> >What do you mean by a toolkit for patching designs?
> 
> I think Kalum means that C++ can be used to create wrappers for
> libraries whose interfaces suck.

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.

Also frex- : see how the questionable design of some of the standard C
string library functions can be "patched up" by using string classes
etc...

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 ;-)

Kalum

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