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Reality, however, contradicts you. C++ is one of the only languages out there PROVEN in the field by being used in thousands of large-scale developments. Opera

by nickpp 18y ago

Reality, however, contradicts you. C++ is one of the only languages out there PROVEN in the field by being used in thousands of large-scale developments. Operating Systems, Office applications, Browsers, Search Engines, etc. - aren't these large scale?!

eru 18y ago
Try Cobol. Or C. Or Assembler. Or Fortran. Those languages are also used in large projects since ages. But what does that tell us?
- nickpp 18y ago
  Tells us that they are mature, strong, proven programming languages and we should use them in large-scale developement UNLESS we have a better alternative, ALSO mature, strong and proven. Thankfully, we do: C++
  - eru 18y ago
    Your argument could be used to prove Java superior to C++, too.
stonemetal 18y ago
Linux C, BSD C, really I can't think of a truly large stable system written in C++. There are plenty written in C. Edit: Thanks, I didn't know there was a C++ OS out there. Though to be fair to C++ it hasn't been around as long nor been as stable as C (from C with classes to C with classes exceptions and templates.)
- andrew1 18y ago
  Symbian OS is written in C++, excluding some internals of the kernel written in C/ARM assembly. I was told when I worked there (3-4 years ago) that the entire code base (including test code, variant code etc.) is on the order of 50 million lines of code. So definitely large. Stable? A matter of opinion.
e4m 18y ago
You forgot that C++ is used in Jet Fighters, and other little inconsequential things such as that ;) cite: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/JSF-AV-rules.pdf http://www.research.att.com/~bs/JSF-AV-rules.pdf Edit... not just any jet fighter, but the most complex jet fighter ever devised by the mind of mankind. That's why C++ kicks ass ;)