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Hey, I'll bet my dad can beat your dad up...
Anyways, I'm glad I read this because I was undecided as to which subject to take a course on between the two respective subjects discussed in this thread, and I've decided to go with C++ first.
Anyways, I'm glad I read this because I was undecided as to which subject to take a course on between the two respective subjects discussed in this thread, and I've decided to go with C++ first.
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I think C++ has been always kind of dead. The only major software i can think of that was written in C++ is Mozilla and Qt (Even though major implementaion of these software was rendered in C). I don't know why people like C++ so much, when you can achieve object oriented design through C. GTK and Gnome are perfect examples of that. Plus a lof of people still prefer writing code in pure Win32 API rather than messy MFC.
True object orientation cannot be achieved without a true Object Oriented Operating System.
True object orientation cannot be achieved without a true Object Oriented Operating System.
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What about the development of videogames?
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Originally Posted by A Monkeys Uncle
What about the development of videogames?
Any modern operating system does not know what Class or an Object is.
Every code that is loaded in memory is represented as such: Text segment (that's what the C functions are), Stack (local variables in C), and the Heap (dynamic memory - whatever is allocated via malloc() and such). This program set-up can't get any more perfect for C (or any other procedual language - not C++, Java or C#).
In addition all core OS service libraries (Kernel32.dll or libc.so in Linux) were made to be used with C primarely. OpenGL API is also made primarily to be used with C. Qt, KDE, (and whatever the hell else written in C++) all lay on top of the X Windowing system which is a C language API. Even .NET stays on top of the Win32 API.
I can't wait till someone will write an OS Kernel in C++. (Please don't mention anything about the "Choices" operating system")
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Originally Posted by freesoft_2000
Hi everyone,
I just came home from a software conference in nagoya, Japan
where they had any kind of software you can think of on this planet.
There was one talk i went for and i think its quite interesting to have it discussed fully here. Alot of the companies there all said the c language is now nothing more than a relic and dying a slow death and that the new Java 2 has already taken over c programming.
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- the estimated existing code base (lines of code)
- the estimated number of developers
- the estimated number of projects still beeing developed in C/C++
- ... anything else that can be used to compare the importance of C/C++ and Java in the "real world".
Anybody an idea where I can look for such a study?
Regards
Daniel Lohmann
I'm a free lancer who knows many different languages, and to be honest I find languags like Java to be VERY overated. Making GUI's in Java is a headache and well, if you want the whole portability thing with your program, QT has a great API thats portable on almost any system, and processing time is not sacraficed.
As a free lancer, my job is to get things done fast, good-looking, and efficiently. The language is your tool, sometimes you need a screw driver, some times you need a hammer. I devloped many projects for Mac, Linux, and windows, using common API frameworks such as QT. After Learning Java, I have yet to really use it on a project.
One thing is for sure though, it dosn't matter hwo you get the job done, as long as it gets done on time!
As a free lancer, my job is to get things done fast, good-looking, and efficiently. The language is your tool, sometimes you need a screw driver, some times you need a hammer. I devloped many projects for Mac, Linux, and windows, using common API frameworks such as QT. After Learning Java, I have yet to really use it on a project.
One thing is for sure though, it dosn't matter hwo you get the job done, as long as it gets done on time!
A Hacker's Mind:
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes..." - J.D.Salinger
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes..." - J.D.Salinger
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Originally Posted by Mr.PinkBunny
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A Hacker's Mind:
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes..." - J.D.Salinger
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes..." - J.D.Salinger
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Originally Posted by hivework
I think C++ has been always kind of dead. The only major software i can think of that was written in C++ is Mozilla and Qt (Even though major implementaion of these software was rendered in C). I don't know why people like C++ so much, when you can achieve object oriented design through C. GTK and Gnome are perfect examples of that. Plus a lof of people still prefer writing code in pure Win32 API rather than messy MFC.
True object orientation cannot be achieved without a true Object Oriented Operating System.
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