Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:4518 comp.lang.c:27044 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!shelby!eos!woody From: woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Relationship between C and C++ Message-ID: <6515@eos.UUCP> Date: 19 Mar 90 18:20:07 GMT References: <8432@hubcap.clemson.edu> Reply-To: woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood) Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 20 In article <8432@hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu writes: >compatibility with C, it keeps all its low-level and dangerous features. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ C is like a loaded gun... it is only dangerous if the person using it does not know what they are doing. > > I strongly disagree with this approach if the goal is to obtain software >quality. Take pointer arithmetic, for example. I would contend that you can >have quality software, or you can have pointer arithmetic; but you cannot >have both... > give me a break! /*** woody **************************************************************** *** ...tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit, I... *** *** -- David Gilmour, Pink Floyd *** ****** woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov *** my opinions, like my mind, are my own ******/