From: Henry Maddocks <henryj@...>
Date: 2006-11-26T07:23:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vs Java vs c++


On 21/11/2006, at 9:28 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> Henry Maddocks wrote:
>>
>> C++'s days are numbered unless you are doing seriously performance  
>> critical stuff (visualisation, some games, etc). Java is an  
>> improvement but then Ruby is at another level.
> How does C++ deliver "seriously performance critical" applications  
> where C can't?

It doesn't and I never said it did.

> I would think a pure C code would have *better* performance, simply  
> because the language is simpler and easier to optimize.

I am sure you are correct, but it just seems that when writing large  
fast applications people tend to choose c++ rather than c these days.
My point was that when writing large slow programs they seem to be  
preferring something else. C++ is going 'niche' so why bother going  
through the grief of learning it.