I'm afraid that's not quite true, Alan. C++ was is a complete
language, even when it could be translated easily into C. Would you
assert that C is just a preprocessor since it can be translated easily
into assembler? Of course not.
Besides, ANSI C++ contains some constructs that are quite difficult to
express in C, particularly the exception model.
That said, I entirely agree that it's not necessary to use C++ instead
of C to write good code. On the other hand, I suggest that C++ would
have been a good choice for the Linux kernel __IF__ a compiler of the
quality of today's EGCS had been available back then. But it wasn't.
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
"When do you work?" "Whenever I'm not busy."
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