Re: CString or char*??

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Mark Randall wrote:
> "Tim Roberts" <timr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Mark Randall" <mark[__OKTHISISFAKE_]yr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> At my university we always wondered if the ISO had an ISO standard
>>> for amount of hot air put into each ISO standard, or if there is an
>>> ISO standard
>>> for the amount of times an ISO standard can include the word
>>> 'specific'.

Yes. Academics can spend the time the like to reinvent the well and write
their softs the way they want. In real life, when you've got to design a
system that must be maintained for 10+ years (what compiler will be
available in 10 years????), things change a little bit....

>
> You mean the ones that so very few people use because (to base off
> another post) 'Theres so many of them to choose from'?
>
> I (as a occasional contracted programmer) think of it like this: By
> the time you've finished reading and understanding what the hell
> usability is and how a specific piece of a specific function performs
> in a specific way and its fufilment of specific goals in a specific
> time...
> ... already used this thing we call a brain, wrote the software,
> tested it, delivered it and undercut the price of the other guys who
> are still trying to understand the ISO standard for how high to have
> their swivel chairs before they even sit down for work. ;)

The point you missed is that the C++ standard is not mainly targeted to C++
developpers : it is meant to be read first by C++ compilers writers... Now,
if you want to write a C++ compiler wihout a good grasp on this document,
it's up to you....

Arnaud
MVP - VC


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