Re: Still Using C++?

From:

"Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:03:46 +0200

Message-ID:

<67r918F2ptba7U1@mid.individual.net>

Razii wrote:

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:39:13 +1200, Ian Collins
<ian-news@hotmail.com> wrote:

Nonsense, how many device drivers or system libraries have you
written?

I don't have to write any. I know people who do and they have the
same opinion. A few days ago I saw a video where the guy claimed
that C is far simpler, cleaner and better to write operating system
kernels and device drivers, and C++ brings unnecessary complexity
for such programming tasks. I have to find the link again. In any
case, C works best for lower level programming. C++ is not needed
for such programming tasks. That's not my opinion but opinion of
many others who do write device drivers and kernels.

Interfacing to the OS might be slightly simpler in C, as the API is
often published as a C style interface.

That some guys claim that they don't need C++ features, could also
mean that these hardcode C coders haven't yet realized what they could
use it for. Is that a language problem?

Bo Persson