Re: Does Bill Gates know about the DDK regarding C++?

Actually, I was trying to make it not a flame war. Note, I cautioned
against C++ but fully acknowledged people do it. I will emphatically argue
against STL in the kernel. You can use C++, but you need to understand
impacts for you and for people who pick up the code in the future.

I did not mention that WDF is written in C++ because it was specifically
relavent. As I said a good expert can do it, and this is their choice,
particualarily if you have a team in place. Now I could have mentioned,
that because of earlier statements about WDF being written in C++ I know of
a consultant who has switched to the language without understanding the
implications. His kernel code which was weak but ok, has now gone to
dog***.


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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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"Robert Marquardt" <marquardt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mark Roddy wrote:
>
>> Don forgot to mention that WDF is written entirely in C++, except of
>> course for the exposed C api for us mere mortals. I rest my case.
>
> You are right. This is again a flame war.
> The original question was about APIs.
> APIs hould stay C APIs because C++ has no language agnostic interface.
>
> I personally dislike C++ for the very reason others praise it.
> The reason is "C++ is the richest language of all". This is precisely the
> problem. An average programmer does not master C++ fully resulting in bad
> programs.
> Java, Delphi and C# are popular becasue they all have less language
> features than C++ allowing average programmers to master them.


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