Why C++ is vastly superior to C

Post by mitchi » Sat, May 14, 2011, 3:33 PM UTC

Post by uriel » Sat, May 14, 2011, 3:35 PM UTC

wmobit wrote: post #4

The containers problem is the only one I find really annoying, and is more of a problem with the C standard library than the language. Using C with something like glib is a much nicer experience.

Post by mojuba » Sat, May 14, 2011, 3:36 PM UTC

IgorPartola wrote: post #10

The "final straw" is easily overcome with unions. Also I do not buy the argument that you do not have to follow coding conventions in C++ or that explicitly freeing memory is a bad thing. Also comparing the number of lines of code to determine the "best" language is childish. By that logic the language with the largest std. lib is the best.

Post by andrewcooke » Sat, May 14, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

uriel wrote: post #33

wmobit wrote: post #4

The containers problem is the only one I find really annoying, and is more of a problem with the C standard library than the language. Using C with something like glib is a much nicer experience.

If you can't write your own linked lists or hash tables, you should not be programming in C. Glib is an abomination by people and for people that didn't understand C. Just like GNU is by people and for people that didn't understand UNIX.

Post by implicit » Sat, May 14, 2011, 3:41 PM UTC

vixeria wrote: post #20

jerf wrote: post #7

When the argument is that C++ has too many features that interact in unpredictable ways and are virtually impossible to get right, arguing that C++ is superior because it has more features is perhaps a fine argument in some hypothetical universe in which the primary objection to C++ is that it is missing features, but by failing to grapple with the points raised by the opposition in the real universe, you will fail t…

What are some of these C++ features that interact in unpredictable ways? Just curious.

    #include 
    using std::cout;
    using std::endl;

    struct C {
        int x;
        C(int _x) : x(_x) {}

        operator bool() const { return 0 != x; }
    };

    struct D {
        float f;
        D(float _f) : f(_f) {}

        operator bool() const { return 0.0f != f; }
    };

    int main() {
        C c(9);
        D d(2.0f);

        if (c == d) {
            cout