Comments on: For the first time since learning Java, I wish I was doing C++ http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kris Johnson http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c#comment-82539 Kris Johnson Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:18:29 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c#comment-82539 I've been primarily a C++ programmer for the last fifteen years. I'd like to use other languages, but C++ is what people want to pay me for. The "Resource Acquisition is Initialization" idiom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Acquisition_Is_Initialization) is the one feature of C++ that I miss when using other programming languages. You can often fake it to some extent with try/finally or similar constructs, but those other languages can't make it so simple. I'm often dismayed to find so many self-described "C++ programmers" who don't know about this idiom, or know about it but don't use it.. I’ve been primarily a C++ programmer for the last fifteen years. I’d like to use other languages, but C++ is what people want to pay me for.

The “Resource Acquisition is Initialization” idiom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Acquisition_Is_Initialization) is the one feature of C++ that I miss when using other programming languages. You can often fake it to some extent with try/finally or similar constructs, but those other languages can’t make it so simple.

I’m often dismayed to find so many self-described “C++ programmers” who don’t know about this idiom, or know about it but don’t use it..

]]> By: Andrew Warinner http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c#comment-82519 Andrew Warinner Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:46:14 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c#comment-82519 I've been using the Jakarta commons connection pool (and the database connection pool too) and found it better than anything I could have rolled on my own. I’ve been using the Jakarta commons connection pool (and the database connection pool too) and found it better than anything I could have rolled on my own.

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]]> By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c#comment-82447 Paul Tomblin Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:03:08 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c#comment-82447 I've said it before and I'll say it again: Americans think they're speaking English, but they're wrong. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Americans think they’re speaking English, but they’re wrong.

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c#comment-82446 Vicki Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:01:39 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/19/for-the-first-time-since-learning-java-i-wish-i-was-doing-c#comment-82446 "Primer" <i>is</i> /prim' r/ when you're talking about an introductory textbook. It's /preyem r/ when it's paint or biotech. Because that is the only part of this post that I can knowledgably comment on. It all looks so much like English. “Primer” is /prim’ r/ when you’re talking about an introductory textbook. It’s /preyem r/ when it’s paint or biotech.

Because that is the only part of this post that I can knowledgably comment on.

It all looks so much like English.

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