C++

[Nauk]

I had some good laughs reading this, so I thought I'd share it:
http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/

and the (fake) interview with Bjarne Stroustrup:
http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/I ... or_you_all

Enjoy

[KungFooMasta]

If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor and when was the last time you needed one?

Actually I wish C++ had a lot more functionality, like forcing every derived class to implement a particular function, for example.

[CABAListic]

Heh, yeah, nice list

@kungfoo: Could you elaborate on that, more specifically in what way pure virtual functions don't do what you just described? I'm slightly confused

[KungFooMasta]

Pure virtual functions only force the first derived class to implement the function. For example, if I have a "toString" function for each class, that returns the name of the class, and I want it to be a hardcoded value, not a string that can be altered or mis-used, I want every class to implement their own "toString" function.

class A;
class B : public A;
class C : public B;

I want the compiler to complain if there isn't the following:

A::toString
B::toString
C::toString

[CABAListic]

Why would a class in the middle of your hierarchy implement such a function? I'd say only concrete classes would need an implementation, but the general recommendation is to have concrete classes at the end of your hierarchy only. Concrete classes in the middle of a hierarchy mix interface and implementation which I think should be avoided.

[Kencho]

Java is, in many ways, C++--

That's the best statement I've ever read

[Klaim]

By the way, the interview is a well known fake ( http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#IEEE & http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6489 ... te-of-time )