I would also add that although C was purely DESIGNED as procedural, a lot of us back then began doing object oriented programming within C. Would have been a lot easier with C++ but we did not have it then. The concepts existed and had implementations in other languages, but for a C programmer with existing code it just did not pay to switch languages with C++ coming. Perhaps that is one reason I sat on the ANSII X3J11 committee for 2 years. Tore me up when I had to quit due to my workload. Wish I could remember all that stuff now days. On 11/27/06, Micah DesJardins wrote: > > The only thing I would add to Ted's answer is that C++ adds support > for object oriented programming. C has no concept of classes, > instances, methods etc. It is pure procedural programming. OO > programming gets all the press these days, but a lot of your favorite > open source projects are written in good old fashioned C. (For speed, > portability or historical reasons) > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss