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Item Details
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THE EVOLUTION OF C++
LANGUAGE DESIGN IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS |
| By: |
Jim Waldo (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£23.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
026273107X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780262731072 |
| Publisher: |
MIT PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
26 August, 1993 |
| Series: |
USENIX Association books |
| Pages: |
291 |
| Description: |
Explores the underlying concepts of C++ language, suggesting why it looks and behaves the way it does. The text covers subjects including: the early days of C++; and later developments such as multiple inheritance, exception handling, runtime typing and distributed computing. |
| Synopsis: |
C++ developed in response to open debate among the community of users of the language. Bringing together the main articles that presented the design alternatives in that debate, "The Evolution of C++" explores the underlying concepts of this language, explaining why C++ looks and behaves the way it does. From a commercial standpoint, C++ combines the best of two worlds; it is object oriented and it is a version of C, the single most popular programming language for microcomputers. Originally developed by Bjarne Stroustrup and others at AT&T Bell Labs during the mid-1980s, C++ evolved further in response to the real and perceived needs of its users. Part I chronicles the early days of C++, beginning with what, from the original Santa Fe workshop, looked like a great new object-oriented language with a straightforward future. The next four parts are organized around major debates that developed later about such added features as multiple inheritance, exception handling, runtime typing, and distributed computing.In his postscript, Waldo notes that in the process of evolving through "the marketplace of ideas," a clearly articulated, generally accepted design centre for the language has been lost. Although C++ has adapted to the changing environment of the increasing number of users, there is a present no common agreement about what it should or should not do in the future. |
| Illustrations: |
4 |
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US |
| Imprint: |
MIT Press |
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Non-returnable |
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