Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   Exactly which part of C is simpler for newbies than C++?

> You don't have to deal with constructors, destructors, exceptions, the 
> difference between casing classes and casting pointers to classes, etc.

  Why would a beginner need to deal with constructors, destructors,
exceptions and the like?

> It's simpler *because* it's less powerful, in the same way that using an axe 
> is simpler for newbies than using a chainsaw.

  No, C is a lot more complicated for the beginner precisely because it's
less powerful.

  In C++ the beginner can write things like this:

std::string concatenate(const std::vector<std::string>& strings)
{
    std::string result:
    for(int i = 0; i < strings.size(); ++i)
        result += strings[i];
    return result;
}

  Show me the same function implemented in C and explain how it would be
easier for a beginner (especially without any danger of memory leaks).

  And here I didn't even get to the things that the C standard library
doesn't support.

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                                                          - Warp

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