C++ (was Re: [oclug] Easiest and most usefull language to learn?)

[David F. Skoll]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Ian Wormsbecker wrote:

> > I find that C++ *forces* you to worry about implementation details.
> > What happens if you call a virtual function during a constructor of a
> > class halfway along an inheritance chain?  Once you understand the
> > low-level details of C++ implementation, it makes sense, but not until
> > then.

> I thought we were talking beginner programmer. I highly doubt a beginning
> programmer is going to have class constructs like this.

Not on purpose. :-)  But C++ makes it too easy to make horrible mistakes.

--
David.