On 31/12/2010 08:45, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>> If one follows all suggestions by Stroustrup, would we not get C++?
> Stroustroup's hands were very much tied behind his back by the practical
> wish to remain compatible with C. If he had designed C++ from scratch
> (or even allowed more incompatibilities with C) it would have been very
> different.
>
Agreed.
AT&T crippled C++, I've read Stroustroup's original book and various=20
postings over the years. C++ would not have been much compatible at all,=20
but far better and most bugs and security issues from sloppy C=20
programming and C style usage of C++ would not exist.
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