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Chris B. Vetter |
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Re: of applications for gnustep... |
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Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:57:55 -0700 |
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:32:01 +0200
Philip Mötteli <moetteli.bulk@bluewin.ch> wrote:
[...]
I know, we've been through this before ...
> > It's a marriage
> In my eyes, it's not ieven a marriage. It's just, that you don't need
> a bridge.
Yes, that's true.
However, C++ is an abomination. It's horrible syntax lacks an intuitive
way to use it (call it style, interface, whatever), it lacks a grammar
specifying the language and as a result you can't even tell if a given
line of code is valid...
C++ completely misses the point what OO is all about. Yes, I'm referring
to Alan Kay's legendary comment:
I invented the term 'object oriented programming' and I can tell
you I didn't have C++ in mind.
C++ is one big mess of afterthoughts. C++ is evil and should be buried
at midnight under a full moon in an abandoned graveyard. And best be
forgotten as well.
Why I bother?
Yes, Objective-C++ will allow you to use existing libraries and
frameworks like WebCore -- which shouldn't have been written in the
first place (in Objective-C++ that is).
My worst fear is that people starting to program in Objective-C will see
Objective-C++ code and assume that it is valid Objective-C.
I have no problem with mixing Foobar.m and Barfoo.cpp in one project.
However, I do have a problem with Foobar.mm (or whatever today's file
extension for Objective-C++ is).
--
Chris
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