Re: do C++ the Java way

From:

"Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:55:08 +0100

Message-ID:

<63f2irF27cjokU1@mid.individual.net>

Carmen Sei wrote:

I need to write a C++ application prototype that uses a graphics
engine in 2 weeks.

http://openframeworks.cc/about

I know Java pretty well, but I don't know C++.

Can i write the C++ prototype using only Java equivalent features?

There is a problem here that some features that look "equivalent",
might not really be that. Even if the syntax is similar, the sematics
can be different.

I only use Class objects, static variable, single inheritance
(extends), new+free()/delete(), #define

C++ features that I don't use - no struct, no enum, no extern, no
non-OO, no multiple inheritance, no template ... etc

I think if I do that way, I will be able to finish my C++ prototype
quickly, all I need to do is translate the Java program (.java) file
into .cpp and .h file.

Is it a good idea for a person need to finish a C++ app (about 8 -
10 cpp files) in 2 weeks and don' t know C++?

A guess is that it might take considerately longer than 2 weeks before
it actually works. What about hiring someone that already knows C++?

Bo Persson