On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 14:05 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: > 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. > VERY well said. Thank you Jerry! Regards, Les H -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
