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Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 12:15:17
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From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: RE: C++ in Mail Archive
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At 11:36 AM 9/7/98 +0100, you wrote:

>The big improvement of C++ over C is that it allows things to be done
>easily, whereas in pure C the same thing would have taken lots more coding.

I'm going to try some examples, if I can, of this.

>Overloading is also a major function, with the
>iostream being the prime example of this.

This I don't understand.

>The improvement in DJGPP of C++ over C is the same as in any compiler. It
>allows you to create powerful Object-Oriented programs which, due to their
>design, would be extremily time consuming in C. Having said that, C++ is
>just an extension of the C language.

So I assume from the above that the DJGPP C++ can be used as an alternative
to Watcom or Microsoft Visual C++.

>I sugest you check out ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/http/ which has the online
>version of C++ Annatations, which explains the differences between C and C++
>in some detail.

I just got through downloading the "C++Annotations Version 4.4.0b" by Frank
B. Brokken.
I got both the text and the html versions.

This seems to be a good introduction to C++. Also, the entire Groningen ftp
site is quite a find.
Thanks very much. I only read the intro and scanned the 17 chapters, but it
appears there are a number of examples of C versus C++ code--and that's
what I'm looking for.

I appreciate the remarks and particularly this ftp site.

Regards,

Ralph