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From: Michael_Hoennig@hh.maus.de (Michael Hoennig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Working with C++ on Huge Proje
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Date: 17 Jun 91 19:53:00 GMT
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Hi Haresh,

HA>"dangerous" is it once the project gets huge.  Does one have to be an
HA>expert designer in C++ in order to work with projects that grow in time?
HA>[...]
HA>However, I've heard of some big projects
HA>that had been written in C++ and had to be abandoned after 2 years once it
HA>got very large.

I think these project was started with engineers without experience with
C++. If yout try to use a little bit OOP and many C in C++ - you'll fail.
Most people think, if programming with OOP-languages, they don't need a
good design. It isn't so. The design in OOP programming is very, very
importand. And you must know, how to use C++. Remember C++ isn't C!

But if the design is ok, the product will be too.

We have a 15 man year project completed with C++. And another 30 man
year project is in work. I think C++ is very powerfull for big projects,
but you must have good designers.

Adios

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