C or C++?

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Fri May 27 12:16:01 EDT 2005


On Friday 27 May 2005 11:48 am, Jim Kuzdrall wrote:

>     C++ versus C is my quandary.  Can anyone give me good reasons for
> choosing one over the other in this case.  Opinions are welcome, but I
> must have a list of reasons ready if my choice is questioned.
Very quickly, C++ might be a better choice more because of its type-safeness 
and that the code tends to be a bit more portable. You also have a large 
number of functions and templates available. While I prefer to program in C 
myself, C is more of lower-level language than is C++. 
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