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I, for one, see C as both unsafe and unergonomic. The many features of C++ can be seen as various attempts to make some or another thing expressible in C -- par
by solidsnack9000 10y ago
I, for one, see C as both unsafe and unergonomic. The many features of C++ can be seen as various attempts to make some or another thing expressible in C -- parameterized datatypes, namespacing, encapsulated resource management -- that wasn't before.
- pjmlp 10y agoIt is, after being forced to use BCPL to finish his PhD and being used to languages like Simula, Bjarne swore he wouldn't be doing that again. Hence why he started to design C with Classes after getting his job at AT&T. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO0PXYMVGSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO0PXYMVGSU Around 29:00.