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From: dfl@Think.COM (David Lively)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: C++ Not Ready for Commercial Use
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Date: 17 Oct 89 14:06:57 GMT
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In article <6590301@hplsla.HP.COM> jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) writes:

  Can anyone give any examples of someone who has been programming in C++ for
  more than a couple of months who would willing program in any other language,
  let alone any other dialect of C?

I could name quite a few other (OO) languages which I'd rather use.  But if
you want reasonable performance for *many* applications, C++ gives you
that, and beats the hell out of C.  C++ was designed with efficiency as a
major goal, unlike most (all?) other OO languages.  It accomplishes its
goals rather well, though substantial improvements are still needed.  (e.g.
What's the plan for exception handling?  I know it's on the horizon, but
how far off is that?)

*BIG* Caveat: I've never used another OO C, such as Objective C.

							- David