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On another note: people claiming "C/C++" skills usually have neither.
by _pmf_ 13y ago
On another note: people claiming "C/C++" skills usually have neither.
- hconceic-HN 13y agoThat is exactly right... It is like they are assuming that by knowing C, then implicitly they know C++. That's tremendously wrong and they will notice that as soon as they work on a non-so-small project.
- checker659 13y agoBut, what about a C++ programmer who knows the quirks of C?
- checker659 13y agoWhy do you say that?
- nephorider 13y agoBy definition C++ is a different language (contrary to Objective-C that was "an extension to C"). It encompasses a lot (nearly all) of C but introduces also new concepts. For example and besides the evident OOP features, all the different types of casting, use of IO stream, default parameters...
- dagw 13y agoPeople who know both languages well, also know that they are different enough to not be casually lumped together like that.
- kbart 13y agoNot quite. It's fairly common in an embedded world for a system engineer that uses C for low level programming and C++ for application/UI level.