From:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: is djgpp object-oriented?
Date:	Wed, 04 Aug 1999 19:31:09 -0500
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Shawn Hargreaves wrote:
> 
> > > You can't even dereference a pointer in C++ without being sure it wasn't
> > > overloaded by some class that is called deep inside the libraries you are
> > > using.
> >
> > For sure: that's why it is important to understand the language,
> > and know what libs you are using.
> 
> No argument here.  The crux of the problem is that with C++, you need
> a much more detailed knowledge of every single class library you are
> linking in.  Since some of these libraries can come without sources,
> it might be impossible or impractical to do that.  The level of trust
> for library code, to say nothing of primitive operations like pointer
> dereference, in C usually can be much higher, at least for ``normal''
> application code that doesn't have to live with slow CPUs and small
> memory size.

For some good C++ humour, please take a look of the Bjarne Stroustrup
April Fools (1998) paper "Generalizing Overloading for C++2000":
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/whitespace98.pdf .

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