the c++ language is not the problem, it''s how people USE the language that is - class upon class derived from each other with no clear structure, cryptic variable names, pointer management (or lack of), etc.
personally i think that c++ is actually quite an elegent language (not including templates but that''s only because I feel they remove my control over the code a little too much) once you know what you''re doing with it, and you can create consistant, clean and efficient code with ease.
And at the end of the day, any language that allows me to create a functional hierarchy (sp?) of code that looks nice (it always helps it it''s readable) and runs fast, but with 3 words, a { and a } lets me go back into coding pure ASM before resuming the normal c++ code will win me over anyday.
whoever said that c was bad because it was designed by mainly asm programmers needs to be shot (cant be bothered to find you''re name again). pure C is probably the most optimisable (not sure if that''s a word or not) language out there. Why? because you have TOTAL control over the code. nothing is hidden from you like high-level languages. to borrow an old software rendering term, you are essentially "writing straight to metal". No other modern language gives you this kind of functionality, not even Java (that would be "writing straight to the virtual machine"
).
c++ may not be the perfect language, but that''s only if you try and use all of it''s features at once. Only learn the parts that you need, and then use them PROPERLY.
mr. nguyen, i suggest you hit amazon.com and do a search for c/c++ books and learn the language properly before you come here bitching about it. If c/c++ wasn''t any good, i doubt it would be the most used language in games (and just about everything else) today, and most probably will be for the forseable future.
it''s been too long since i''ve had a good rant
