Re: A89: C, C++ and stuff (OT)

To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A89: C, C++ and stuff (OT)
From: "Michael Cowart" <freakonaleash881@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 13:12:31 CDT
Reply-To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org



Absolutely. We've been agreeing all along (In a rather roundabout way =). 
Most people DO consider the standard stuff as part of the language (because 
they learned it that way), so they will feel most comfortable coding the way 
they learned.

For whoever asked why C++ isn't on the calc, it is because of the extra 
features (NOT the language itself) would produce larger code than a regular 
C program. Even then, some ANSI C features aren't good to use (instead of 
printf, use DrawStr, etc.)

Mike


>But that is still in the implementation of the standard stuff, not in C or
>C++ itself really. (I know, it is easy to think about the standard stuff as
>a part of the actual programming language, and it is convenient to say it 
>is
>when you teach it, since it could get confuseing otherwise, but it still
>really isn't part of it.)
>you don't _have_ to use cout just because you program C++, you could use
>printf (or something named printf that works like printf) just as well.
>
>///Olle
>
>

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