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From: dmg@ssc-vax (David M Geary)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Seeking Object Oriented Design Training
Keywords: Object Oriented Design Training
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Date: 26 Jun 91 16:56:18 GMT
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In article <1991Jun24.190417.10440@netcom.COM> jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) writes:
]>C is obsolete.  At least use C++.  Why not?
]
]Well, for starters many organizations have a suite of tools
]built up over many years that is specifically targeted to
]C, and such tool commonly get tripped up by little gotchas
]when they're run on C++ code (e.g. mangled names, etc). This
]less technical manager with more of a dollars and cents focus.
]Have fun...
]
]This tools issue is not just idle chitchat, by the way. Last year
]I worked with a Very Large Telecommunications Company on a project
]to migrate 1MSLOC of a 4MSLOC project from C to C++, and one of the
]sticking points was the fact that they wouldn't even have a DEBUGGER
]for the C++ code until the end of the year. Seems the demands of
]
]C++ is technically superior to C, no question. But is it superior
]to C from a BUSINESS standpoint?--depends on a lot of other factors.
]

  Yes, tools are a problem at this stage of the game with C++.
  Another factor is portability.  We have had to support a *Cimlinc*
  workstation (never heard of one, right?), a Unix box that has a C
  compiler, but does not, nor ever will, have a C++ compiler, since the 
  machine is no longer produced, and noone's writing compilers for it.
  (BTW g++ is not an option for us, due to internal policies in Boeing).

  Therefore, due to lack of tools, or lack of compilers, many who
  would probably like to be programming in C++ are stuck doing C.
  
  However, this does not mean that one cannot apply the principles
  of OOP when writing C.  There are many things one can do in C to
  achieve a high degree of modularity and reusability, however, many
  C programmers are not well versed in this area.


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