CAM> for nigh on three years, and I think it's fab.
 CAM> Further, I think Java is for women^H^H^H^H^H lazy 
 CAM> people.  ;)  In the middle of
 CAM> a Java project just now and although you get 
 CAM> everything for free I just feel
 CAM> there was more fun developing your own dynamic array 
 CAM> classes etc., and besides
That's the exact reason I hated C & C++ ... that I had to keep reinventing 
the wheel (linked lists, dynamic vectors, etc.).  At least now I don't have 
to reinvent those wheels (think "STL").
 CAM> application, so the
 CAM> abstract class was a Cell, and from that I produced StringCell, 
ntCell,
 CAM> FloatCell...
That sounds like a definately text-book style of using abstract base classes, 
yup.  :-)
 CAM> // An observation about what C++ means to some lecturers...
 CAM> #include 
 CAM> int main(void)
 CAM> {
 CAM>         cout << "This is C++ just because I'm using " <<
 CAM>                 "cout and not printf..." << endl << flush ;
 CAM>         return 1 ;
 CAM> }
A) The second inserter operator (<<) on the first cout line is unnecessary.
B) Returning non-zero implies an error occurred.  :-)
Side-note for gcc users: don't forget to link in stdc++!  :-)
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