Why is python not written in C++ ?
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From: Nobody on 3 Aug 2010 04:32 On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:17:35 -0700, Peter wrote: > But I always used to tell > people - by the time I got a program to compile then I figured 99% of > the bugs were already discovered! Try that with C/C++ or almost any > other language you care to name :-) ML and Haskell are also quite good for this (although I wish they supported integer subranges). Also, the statelessness of FP eliminates entire classes of bugs.
From: Nobody on 3 Aug 2010 04:36 On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:18:30 -0700, sturlamolden wrote: >> Has it ever been planned to rewrite in C++ the historical implementation >> (of course in an object oriented design) ? > > OO programming is possible in C. Just take a look at GNOME and GTK. One feature which can't readily be implemented in C is the automatic clean-up side of the RAII idiom.
From: Chris Rebert on 3 Aug 2010 04:46 On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Nobody <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:18:30 -0700, sturlamolden wrote: >>> Has it ever been planned to rewrite in C++ the historical implementation >>> (of course in an object oriented design) ? >> >> OO programming is possible in C. Â Just take a look at GNOME and GTK.. > > One feature which can't readily be implemented in C is the automatic > clean-up side of the RAII idiom. That's not directly related to object-orientation though. Cheers, Chris
From: James Mills on 3 Aug 2010 04:48 On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Nobody <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > One feature which can't readily be implemented in C is the automatic > clean-up side of the RAII idiom. C is a Turing-Complete Language is it not ? If so, therefore is it not true "anything" can be implemented ? Even the "automated clean-up side of the RAIL idiom" ? cheers James -- -- James Mills -- -- "Problems are solved by method"
From: Steven D'Aprano on 3 Aug 2010 05:04
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:48:24 +1000, James Mills wrote: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Nobody <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> One feature which can't readily be implemented in C is the automatic >> clean-up side of the RAII idiom. > > C is a Turing-Complete Language is it not ? > > If so, therefore is it not true "anything" can be implemented ? Even the > "automated clean-up side of the RAIL idiom" ? True, but Nobody said it can't *readily* be implemented, not that it can't be. -- Steven |