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Cisco becomes a major Linux server vendor overnight (cnet)Cisco becomes a major Linux server vendor overnight (cnet)Posted Oct 8, 2009 23:47 UTC (Thu) by qg6te2 (guest, #52587)Parent article: Cisco becomes a major Linux server vendor overnight (cnet) How I wish people would stop using the term "C/C++" and instead separate it into "C, C++". Just because C++ has most of C in it, it doesn't mean a C coder can write good C++ programs. In fact, they're two different beasts, with C++ slated to pick up yet more features.
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C and C++ Posted Oct 9, 2009 1:15 UTC (Fri) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]
Hear, hear! Writing "C/C++" outside the context of "easily called from" demonstrates ignorance.
C and C++ Posted Oct 9, 2009 6:46 UTC (Fri) by simlo (subscriber, #10866) [Link]
Actually, at the company I worked before people meant "C++", but just said "C".
C and C++ Posted Oct 9, 2009 8:38 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
I know people who do the opposite. As in 'the Linux kernel is written in C++'. No, it isn't.
C / C++ Posted Oct 9, 2009 7:19 UTC (Fri) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063) [Link] The trick to writing good C++ programs is not to use most of the features of the language.There are those who say that the best C++ programs are written in C, with a tiny smattering of C++. So I think it makes sense to lump them together.
C / C++ Posted Oct 9, 2009 7:46 UTC (Fri) by michaeljt (subscriber, #39183) [Link]
Hear hear hear. But it takes an expert to know what to use and what to leave.
Expert without quotes Posted Oct 9, 2009 22:05 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] And, if LWN comments are to be trusted (we know they are), every expert will recommend using somewhat overlapping but subtly different feature sets.
Expert without quotes Posted Oct 9, 2009 22:50 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Stroustrup's _The Design and Evolution of C++_ actually touts that as a
*feature*. I'm not so sure. It sounds nice until you have to look at a project written by someone else...
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