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To: TChai who wrote (1571)11/11/1998 2:58:00 AM
From: Kashish King  Read Replies (4) of 5102
 
The Devil You Know

The bottom line is that C++ is simply too complex which translates into low productivity.

Becoming proficient with C++ takes a deliberate effort. Too often, we confuse easy-to-use with easy-to-learn and the short-term benefits of learning are elevated over the long-term benefits of using the right tools operated by people with the right skills. C++ thrives and with good reason. Millions of people use C++ day in and day out without as much as glancing at a C++ syntax manual.

Low Productivity

It's not C++ syntax that causes this, it's the lack of prefabricated components and hard-wired design patterns which are available to you in systems like Java with Java Beans or Visual Basic with COM. There are a few issues working against C++ in terms of creating interactive development tools since it's a compiled language. On top of that, it should come as no surprise that Microsoft has built its component model around Visual Basic at the expense of C++ which they do not control.

Recommended Tools:

1. Form-based business applications: Visual Basic
2. Distributed, web-based applications: Visual Cafe (Symantec)
3. Shrink-wrapped tool, applications and components: Visual C++

NOTE: Don't use Inprise tools for anything, they're not fit to be given to alpha testers let alone developers with real products to build.

...I had found Pascal's type system worse than useless, a straightjacket that caused more problems than it solved...

Bjarne Stroustrup, "Inventor" of C++
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