CompuServe Messages

Heh… Actually, it's only the real serious projects I ever get to thinking about doing something over in C++. That's because the real projects always have deadlines and every once in a while something which could have been designed better gets coded a different way early on, and then when the better ideas come out, it's too late to change it because too many other things depend on the original code. I hate it when that happens… <sigh> With my "fun" projects, there's usually no time pressure, so things tend to end up cleaner, and tearing code apart to write it a better way happens all the time. I tend to have all the data constructs and relationships in place in the design long before I need to code anything for them, so the code ends up much more elegant that way. Of course, it takes forever to get things done this way, but where's the rush? <g> The most likely candidate for me to fool around with new things (languages, design techniques, etc…) are usually the smaller toys. Unfortunately, these don't allow enough experimentation. I'll have to get around to trying one of my larger ideas in C++ at some time, just to see how well it turns out… –>Steve Bennett