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From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: Using strings in DJGPP
Date:	Fri, 08 Feb 2002 22:29:21 +0000
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Hello.

jade wrote:
>     I'm not very familiar with djgpp yet but in other  C compilers I'm
> almast sure that there's no type called <string>. Why u just don't use the
> usual char *.
> Remember that old C is always better.

This thread is about the C++ class 'string'. Using 'string' is much nicer than
handling C-style strings. For instance, concatentation just works - you can
add strings together without worrying about memory allocation at all. There
aren't many reasons to carry on using C-style strings in C++ programs.

Regards,

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]

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