RE: Re[2]: [Dev-C++] [q] Does C++ promote bad programming?

[Ioannis V. <iv...@at...>]

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> From: jose isaias cabrera [mailto:ji...@fr...]=20
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 10:15 PM
> To: Ioannis Vranos; Dev...@li...
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Dev-C++] [q] Does C++ promote bad programming?
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> From: "Ioannis Vranos" <iv...@at...> said,
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> > > IMHO for such course better is Java - it has all benefits=20
> of OOP but
> > > whithout pointers and with garbage collector and tables boundary
> > > checking - which (for beginners) is very important...=20
> IMHO learning
> > > C++ (as a faster language) should be done AFTER Java course...
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> > Java uses pointers although it is somewhat transparent to the user.
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> > You are not forced to use pointers in C++. You use them if=20
> you want them.
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> Let's not forget the real reason why we use c/c++: speed. :-)=20


Not only. I use it also because it is the best general purpose =
programming
language. :)



>  It's not for
> its easy way of coding programs.  So, why wouldn't you use=20
> pointer if you're
> using c/c++?


I did not say we should not use pointers. Of course we should where it =
makes
sense. I just answered to the claims that in Java it is easier or safer =
to
do things than in C++. Because it isn't. C++ implements all the =
supported
paradigms well.


The main misconception many people have regarding C++, is that it is =
unsafe
because they use its low level parts when it is entirely unnecessary.
Another crucial misconception is that many peope think programming is =
easy
and find facilities which exist to enable certain things as "difficult",
missing the techniques that they exist to support.


A very useful URL for that is:
http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/710/lw-02-stroustrup/page_1.html




Ioannis Vranos
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