On 12/22/2010 01:52 PM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx > <mailto:gaf@xxxxxxx>> wrote: > > A properly optimized simple C++ program should be able to perform > as well > as C. > > -- > Jerry Feldman > > > > Simply say, C++ is the daughter of C which has become more advanced. I a way. C++ is essentially an Object Oriented version of C. While there are common members of the 2 standards committees, they are currently 2 different languages. In my Northeastern C course, one of the examples I used was a fully C standard compliant program, but it would not compile in a C++ compiler. Some of the students were using Microsoft Visual C++, and did not tell the compiler it was a C program. Basically they are close. Additionally in C++ I am going to use the new and delete operators to allocate and deallocate memory where in C, I'll use malloc(3) and free(3) for the same thing. But, never malloc(3) and free(3) in C++. I also don't like to get into discussions about what is the best language. The choice of language to use for a project is based on many factors. If the project is learning, go to a language that is relatively easy to learn that uses the basic structures. I rarely write assembler language directly, but many times I would simulate what I wanted to do in C, then generate the assembly from there, and hand optimize. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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