In article <qqm### [at] schlattfmiuni-konstanzde>, Thomas
Willhalm <tho### [at] willhalmde> writes
>
>That's good. So, you won't object my propositions. :-)
>
>You really don't know what you're missing. In C++ you have a lot of
>features that aren't available in C. You have references, in particular
>as parameters. You can protect yourself (and others) from modifying 
>locally constant variables. You can declare variables where you really 
>need them and not only at the beginning of a function. You have object 
>orientation to encapsulate your modules. You can really define your own 
>types and use them just like built-in types. Think of integers with 
>arbitrary precision, dates, times, colors, vectors,... etc. With C++ 
>you can add, multiply or print them like integers or doubles -- and 
>you can (to some extent) use the compiler to check, whether it makes sense. 
>You can encapsulate your memory management and avoid memory leaks or
>using freed memory.
>As the most important feature I consider generic programming. This leads 
>to generic lists, sizable arrays, or trees -- with type safety. 
>Finally it's possible to make faster code with expression templates.
>(By "faster" I mean "faster than C or fortran".)
>
>Thomas

OK, after reading that I like practically everything that I see except
one thing. I do not like this declare variables anywhere business. I
feel that this would lead to scrappy and difficult to follow code, when
declared at the beginning of a block you can see which variables are
declared easily. I feel that a code block is then easier to follow.
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