An additional remark on C++

[Benjamin Franksen <franksen@mail.bessy.de>]

Hello,

recently I wrote:

> I love object oriented software architecture, the more so when based on
> a sound object oriented language, but I ask myself if the decision to
> use C++ inside the EPICS core was really a wise one.

Just to avoid a possible misunderstanding: IMHO C++ is *not* a "sound
object oriented language". I won't go into the details of where and why
C++ fails to be that, because this has already been done by other
people. See, for instance,
http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~geldridg/cpp/cppcv3.html, an article that
I strongly recommend reading before a decision to use C++ in any sort of
software project (and especially EPICS) is made.

Ben
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