I came across two interviews (here and here) of Alexander Stepanov, the father of STL. There are quite a lot of interesting bits. For example, he thinks C++ is the best programming language to realize his goal, but he is also strongly against OOP at the same time. In addition, he has paid a lot [...]
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Thoughts on Generic Programming in C
Posted in development, tagged C, cpp, programming, thinking on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
C++ Reduces Coding Time?
Posted in thinking, tagged C, cpp, language-war, programming, thinking on August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just now I got an email from a mailing list, saying that C++ helps to greatly reduce coding time in comparison to C. I have heard a lot about this argument. But is that true?
C++ can possibly accelerate development in two ways: firstly, OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) helps to organize large projects, and secondly, STL (Standard [...]