Re: [Boost-users] Re: pimpl and boost

From: Scott McCaskill (scott_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-30 09:44:00

Gottlob Frege wrote:

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> 
> (Still think it should be part of the language though.  C++ proclaims
> to enable data-hiding, but it really doesn't. The speed/data-hiding
> trade-off that C++ originally made was fine for the times, but now
> that trade-off isn't so necessary...)
> 

It really depends on the application domain.  I'll bet there are 
programmers out there writing embedded applications that wouldn't agree 
with that.

C++ is quite a versatile language, but, as with any other tool, it's 
applicability is still finite.  Perhaps what you're really in need of is 
a higher level language?

Scott McCaskill