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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 19:11:40 +0100
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On 09/05/2025 18:07, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:

<snip>

>> Four important ways that C scores over other languages are:
>>
>> * Speed
>> * Simplicity
>> * Size
>> * Portability
>>
>> The more you add, the more likely you are to slow it down, the
>> more complex you make it, the bigger it gets, and the harder it
>> is to port.
> 
> To be fair to C++ (not to C++ fanatics, however), it is
> worth pointing out that one doesn't need to use all the
> C++ crapola to leverage some of the good features of
> C++ (C with classes, basically) and obtain the same four
> important characteristics you raise above.

Sure. On the other hand, C++ already has classes.

If I want to tighten a nut, I use an adjustable spanner. If I 
want a hole, I don't pick up a bit in the spanner's jaws and do a 
cack-handed job; I pick up a drill. Tools don't compete... or 
shouldn't.

I have classes at my fingertips whenever I want them, I don't 
have to wait 20 years for the ISO guys to change C, and C gets to 
stay light and tight.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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