Agreed. I take back the "jab" at C++. I am a C++ programmer. So i felt the a little swipe would be ok. My larger point though is that we C++ developers can use all of "C", but not vice versa. Thats all. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:18 PM, <strasser@uni-bremen.de> wrote:
Zitat von Tom Brinkman <reportbase2007@gmail.com>:
Shucks, a hardcore C++ library doesn't cater too well for C programmers!
Aggreed. Its almost as though some C++ programmers dont even know that "C" exists. Its a pity.
There are many things that the typical C++ programmer could learn from the typical C programmer. Not sure it works in reverse though.
like what? that you should use libraries that were written for the programming language you're using, or expect to do some work on interoperability?
you seem to judge C++ libraries by how little C++ features they use.
exceptions are standard practice. so is iostreams. there are lots of problems with error codes AND with printf syntax.
you had some good points in your original post, like dependencies and library maintainance. but now this turned into complaints that you cannot use a ruby library in a java application without running into problems.
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