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C++ Capabilities
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>> are there anythings that c++ CANNOT do?
You can't make a cheeseburger with it.
>> would making a 3-d object be possible in c++.
You could of course design a C++ class that would contain the necessary data, logic and API calls to model a cheeseburger three dimensionally in a computer graphics display.
-pete
You can't make a cheeseburger with it.
>> would making a 3-d object be possible in c++.
You could of course design a C++ class that would contain the necessary data, logic and API calls to model a cheeseburger three dimensionally in a computer graphics display.
-pete
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nice...but wait a second...I could make a cheeseburger: "You could of course design a C++ class that would contain the necessary data, logic and API calls to model a cheeseburger three dimensionally in a computer graphics display." you have some seroius conflicting statements there...![[2thumbsup]](/data/assets/smilies/2thumbsup.gif "[2thumbsup] [2thumbsup]")
![[cheers]](/data/assets/smilies/cheers.gif "[cheers] [cheers]")
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chipperMDW
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3Dcheeseburgers.sourceforge.net?
Also, if you have an Easy-Bake oven modified to use a serial port and you wrote a driver for it, you might be able to make an actual cheeseburger with C++...
Seriously, though, you can do anything electronically possible with C++; the real issue is how well you can do it and how insane you'd have to be to complete it.
For example, a self-modifying executable written in C++ would theoretically be possible, but I wouldn't want to write it (although I wouldn't want to write it in any language).
You also couldn't write a universally-viewable applet with C++ for the simple reason that no browser (that I know of) supports any kind of C++ applets (although you could write a C++ compiler that compiles to JVM code...)
Even mundane tasks, such as string processing or GUI programming, can be done in C++, but it's often better to use a language more specifically designed for that task than to wade through doing it in C++.
Just because you have a hammer on your Swiss Army-Knife doesn't mean you should use it instead of a real hammer.
Also, if you have an Easy-Bake oven modified to use a serial port and you wrote a driver for it, you might be able to make an actual cheeseburger with C++...
Seriously, though, you can do anything electronically possible with C++; the real issue is how well you can do it and how insane you'd have to be to complete it.
For example, a self-modifying executable written in C++ would theoretically be possible, but I wouldn't want to write it (although I wouldn't want to write it in any language).
You also couldn't write a universally-viewable applet with C++ for the simple reason that no browser (that I know of) supports any kind of C++ applets (although you could write a C++ compiler that compiles to JVM code...)
Even mundane tasks, such as string processing or GUI programming, can be done in C++, but it's often better to use a language more specifically designed for that task than to wade through doing it in C++.
Just because you have a hammer on your Swiss Army-Knife doesn't mean you should use it instead of a real hammer.
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