Hello Peter.
07 Feb 98 19:38, Peter Garner wrote to Roger Scudder:
RS>>  Sounds like sloppy programming to me, but then I'm very new
RS>>  to the C++.  I feel that IO cleanup should be done explicitly.
PG> Actually, this is quite within the spirit of C++.  In fact, doing
PG> anything else is considered sloppy programming by some people, including
PG> Bjarne Stroustrup, the original designer of C++!  In fact, if you do
 Hmmm... I find it fascinating the way some of the rules have been
 changed.  The concept of constructors and destructors does feel
 natural and right to me.  I seem to need to examine each thing that
 I have learned about procedural programming and apply it to C++
 to find out what is different....  what works and what does not.
PG>     I ask that you refer to the following reference :
PG>     "The C++ Programming Language", 1997, pp. 366 - 7.
PG>     by Bjarne Stroustrup
PG> Those two pages give a good description as to why what you call
PG> "sloppy programming" is in fact an excellent technique to be
PG> encouraged as much as possible!
 Ah... a man who gives concrete advice with documentation to back
 it up.  Thank you!  I will record this in my notebook to review
 as soon as I can access a copy of the text.
 I am thinking that I should really have a copy of said text.  Would
 you consider it to be indispensable to the student of C++?  Can you
 recommend any other indispensable books I can look into?
 -Roger
... 'If it ain't broke, you can probably still fix it.' - Tim Allen
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