Consider this small program:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <algorithm>
int main()
{
int table1[] = { 5, 3, 10, 35, 4, 1, 40, 1, 8, 3 };
double table2[] = { 20.2, 24.6, 12, 1, -4.2, 5.5, -20, 20.2, 1,
0 }; std::sort(table1, table1 + 10);
std::sort(table2, table2 + 10);
// print the tables here, or whatever
}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
Even though the standard C library also provides a sorting utility
(qsort), consider how much more code you have to write in order to
use it. (Also consider how much more inefficient it will be
because of that.) Exactly what is so "ghastly" and
"incomprehensible" here? To me
this looks very simple and straightforward (well, assuming you
understand what "table1 + 10" means, but that should be rather
obvious to an experienced C programmer). Definitely much simpler
than the equivalent C program.
Like I said, you make an excellent case for C++. Maybe you should