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C++ supports vectors and iterators? When did that happen?
 

Are you trying to be clever and/or funny, anon?
 

If all you want is C then use C or the C-compatible subset of C++. If you want the features of C++, such as its built-in support for object-orientation, generic programming, template metaprogramming and other methodologies, then use C++. As with anything else, you choose the best tool for the job at hand.

C++ is a very large and sophisticated toolkit with many useful tools in it.

Taking a simple piece of code and showing how it can be rendered more complex by choosing inappropriate tools doesn't really advance the science of programming...
 

Of course, you're right about dogma. I meant to imply that I wasn't dogmatic about these things and other people shouldn't be either. Some people are just as dogmatic about their beloved C as the C++ zealots are about C++.

The right tool for the right job is what counts, not what this week's new book or article on The Register says. ;-)
 

Seriously, I've not used C++ for many years. I always found it a pain to produce the same output which other languages could produce in half the time. Pooh to elegance and compact code size.

Does that mean that C++ can now have something like:

myvector = new Vector();
myvector.add(myobject1);
myvector.add(myobject2);

Instead of having to create an infernal chain of pointers? And then read the contents back like:

myiterator = myvector.getitertor;
while (myiterator.hasnext){
....}

? That will make life so much easier. I always feel nauseaus whenever I start having to decipher * and & in code.
 

std::vector myvector;
myvector.push_back(myobject1);
myvector.push_back(myobject2);

std::vector::iterator myiterator;
for ( myiterator = myvector.begin(); myiterator != myvector.end(); ++myiterator )
{
// blah
}

That's probably the most common usage you'll come across in C++. Containers (of which vector is one example) and iterators have always been part of the C++ Standard Template Library.
 

Well I never. It'll be boasting exception handling next.
 

Thanks for providing the answers, Chris. I've been a tad tied up lately (and not in a kinky way, sadly).

As for you, Matt, grab yourself a copy of Visual C++ Express and see what's going down these days. With the .NET framework to back it up, there's some pretty neat stuff available. I'd still take C# first, mind.

Of course, that's assuming anon is Matt. :)
 

It is me. So much for internet anonymity.