Re: OT: C/C++ (was Re: Max/MSP)

[andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Jeremy Tolsma wrote:

> > Jeremy Tolsma wrote:
> >
> > > C is a lot more difficult than C++,...
> >
> > I've always heard people say the opposite. A lot of people I know say to
> stay away
> > from C++, because there are better objected oriented languages out there,
> but which
> > haven't gained the popularity of C++ yet.
>
> They're all pretty much the same.  If they are on similar development curves
> then they will end up with similar object libraries around the same time.
> C++ and Java are nearly interchangable because whenever Java impliments
> something, C++ takes it for itself, and vice versa.

By saying that other o.o. languages are "better" than C++ the people I've talked to
mean that other languages are more truly object oriented and the syntax is more
closer to regular English. A friend of mine speaks very highly of Eiffel.

Andrei