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On the darker side of C++

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We discuss several negative features and properties of the C++ language, some common with C, others pertaining to C++ classes. Remedies are proposed for most of the latter ones, most of the former ones being feared to be already incurable. The worst class-related defects claimed in present C++ have to do with free store management. Some hints are given to programmers on how to avoid pitfalls.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Jyväskylä, Seminaarinkatu 15, SF-40100, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Markku Sakkinen

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1080, Blindern, N-0316, Oslo 3, Norway

    Stein Gjessing  & Kristen Nygaard  & 

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Sakkinen, M. (1988). On the darker side of C++. In: Gjessing, S., Nygaard, K. (eds) ECOOP ’88 European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming. ECOOP 1988. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 322. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45910-3_10

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