Re: Why don't large companies use Ada?

In article <3aamuc$14l_at_matrix.fwi.uva.nl>

           mdekker_at_fwi.uva.nl "Martijn Dekker" writes:

> emery_at_goldfinger.mitre.org (David Emery) wrote:
>
> :>Ada developers are rare. C/C++ developers are all over the place.
> :
> :It's a big mistake to equate C and C++ programmers. There's a
> :Thus a lot of alleged C++ is nothing more than bad C with 'OOP-sugar'
> :sprinkled over the code.
> :
> : dave
>
> Couldn't have said it better! Most C++ programs I have seen, use C++ as
> nothing more than a convenient preprocessor of C. The ideas of OOP are
> not found in those programs.
>
> But, of course, there are people who understand the concept of OOP and
> seem to be able to program in an 'OOP-style' using C++.
> I an not sure I understand what Object Oriented Programming is all about,
> but I one very happy C programmer.
>
> Martijn Dekker | PFF - software: coding for Atari and X machines
>
I'm not sure I'm clear on OOP - but I *THINK* I've now managed to migrate from being a C programmer to at least a semi-C++ one.

I've read several OOP/OOD books - but I'm still not sure that I'm clear on exactly what OO C++ *IS*.

Could some kindly soul direct me towards some GOOD examples of

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OO C++ application source code ?

Object Orientation is one of those things where almost everyone seems to be able to identify what isn't, but few people seem to be able to identify what is.

-- 
Doug Robertson