[comp.lang.misc] Choosing between C++ and Objective-C

anton@idec.stc.co.uk (Anton Gibbs) (01/30/87)

We are currently trying to chose between C++ and Objective-C as the 
implementation language for an object based design expressed in Flavours/Poplog.
If anyone has got any actual experience which would bias them towards one of 
these languages, I would be most grateful to hear from them.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,


	   Anton Gibbs



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michael@orcisi.UUCP (02/02/87)

A couple of years ago when I was comparing the two, I choose C++ over
Objective-C because the latter had a significant execution-time
overhead to support dynamic object binding and a syntax that less
resembled standard C.  It was easier to think of C++ being a dialect
of C that could now contain function declaration or defintions as
structure elements.

You should check to see if my first point is still valid.