[linux-audio-dev] [ot] [rant] gcc, you let me down one time too many

[Dave Robillard]

On Sun, 2005-05-06 at 05:14 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 08:08, fons adriaensen wrote:
> 
> > My aproach to C++ is very simple: I use it as 'C with classes'. No streams, no
> > STL, no other nonsense. Gives me the best of both worlds - clean objects and 
> > low level.
> 
> 
>     Good answer.  I've often wondered why anyone would use vectors.

Because they dynamically resize, easily, and are generally much simpler
to work with, perhaps? :)

> I always use C arrays in C++.  Vectors are slower than molasses in January
> (or June for those in the southern half ;-)

FWIW, accessing elements in a vector with [] shouldn't be any slower
than doing the same on a C array.

Not that C++ doesn't still suck..

-DR-