[wplug] relevance of C for Apps

[Hagbard Celine]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:33:55AM -0400, Tim Lesher wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 12:16:56AM -0400, wplug-bounces+tim=lesher.ws at wplug.org wrote:
> 
> I think you're conflating "structured programming" with "object
> oriented programming".  Structured programming is part of the basis of
> C, and predated C++ by a decade and a half.  It simply means using
> language-defined control structures like loops, subroutines, and data
> structures, rather than rolling your own via GO TO statements.
> Structured programming hit its heyday in the early 1970s, long before
> C++.
> 
Could be, could be :)  C is very much a structured language (drives me crazy
occasionally :)  But am I wrong when I see the OO languages trying to force
even more "structure" on the programmer?

Hagbard