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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Comparing productivity: LisP against C++ (was Re: Reference Counting)
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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 00:24:51 GMT
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swf@elsegundoca.ncr.com (Stan Friesen) writes:
>In article <vrotneyD15A7u.4IM@netcom.com>, vrotney@netcom.com (William Paul Vrotney) writes:
>|> >
>|> >   This is certainly NOT going to get the most effective use out of C++.
>|> 
>|> Who cares?  My main concern is to get the program working, not half working
>|> with lots of gotchas and memory leaks.  I've seen too many C++ programs in
>|> this state.  I'm wide open to suggestions as how to get the most effective
>|> use out of C++.

>Well, start with using a C++ style library, and then design your
>solution to make effective use of that library.

>Since it is being included in the standard, the STL is a good choice.
>This is a very general library with a large number of different containers,
>iterators, and many, many algorithms *using* said containers.

      Is STL really going in?  It isn't in Plauger's book of the
draft C++ Standard Library.  

					John Nagle
