Relationship between C and C++

[Wayne Wood]

In article <8432 at hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu at hubcap.clemson.edu writes:
>compatibility with C, it keeps all its low-level and dangerous features.
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

C is like a loaded gun... it is only dangerous if the person using it does not
know what they are doing.

>
>    I strongly disagree with this approach if the goal is to obtain software
>quality. Take pointer arithmetic, for example. I would contend that you can
>have quality software, or you can have pointer arithmetic; but you cannot
>have both...
>

give me a break!

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