Re:Alan Kay on the misunderstanding of OOP (1998)
by pjmlp on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:27PM
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I guess I am one of the few people on the planet than enjoys using iostreams when I need to use C++. :)
Then again, I never needed to know all their little details.
Yeah implementing string, array and collection types was a kind of rite of passage for every C++ developer, back when the compilers were still trying to catch up with C++ARM.
I believe appealing to the C culture was one of the reasons those types weren't initially available, as C++ was already considered too bloated by the C community even without them.
Nowadays their three major compilers are written in C++.
Then again, I never needed to know all their little details.
Yeah implementing string, array and collection types was a kind of rite of passage for every C++ developer, back when the compilers were still trying to catch up with C++ARM.
I believe appealing to the C culture was one of the reasons those types weren't initially available, as C++ was already considered too bloated by the C community even without them.
Nowadays their three major compilers are written in C++.