On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:00:19 -0400 "Perry E. Metzger" wrote: > > Getting back to the original topic, a set of C++ classes that handled > APL style array operations and automatically parallelized them on > vector processors would be quite neat, and would actually be a > legitimate use of C++ (unlike the very wide variety of illegitimate > uses of the language.)
Hi Perry,
It seems that you have (some?) experience implementing compilers and I
have almost none. So, I'm curious about what you consider "legitimate"
and why. And please understand -- I'm not trying to start arguments or
change any opinions about language choices [ other than perhaps my own
:-) ].
Just for perspective, I use C++ for more than half of my coding these days
and the main reasons I tend to prefer it are:
+ I'm fond-ish of STL-style and "generic" coding approaches
+ the Boost libraries are very helpful (e.g., threads,
serialization, BGL, regexp, filesystem, ASIO, ...)
+ (re-)use of various computational geometry, signal/image
processing, and other libraries written in C and C++
+ its relatively easy to (re-)use Fortran routines written by
team members or 3rd parties
+ speed of execution and memory use
+ C++ compilers and libraries just keep improving (IMO)
+ have (over the years) grown accustomed to the syntax
If I had to sum it up in one line it would be: "I'm use C++ a lot because
I just can't seem to find a superior replacement for it."
And I'm still (half-heart-edly) looking for replacements...
Ed
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