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From: Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com>
Subject: Re: Why C++ is vastly superior to C
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 09:09:06 +0100
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On Sat, 21 May 2011 01:14:09 -0500, MikeP wrote:

>> The basic OOP concepts of objects and classes (with virtual methods)
>> can be implemented easily enough in C (look at a C GUI toolkit such
>> as Xt or GTK), but RAII is the point at which you have to decide
>> whether to go to C++ or go without.
> 
> That seems like a juxtaposed statement, for it is C++ exceptions that 
> instigate the NEED for the RAII idiom.

C exceptions (i.e. longjmp) also require it.

> Without exceptions, RAII is merely a convenience (still nice, but not
> important/necessary). 

I suppose it depends upon whether legibility is important/necessary or
merely a convenience. The contortions required to get by without it can be
pretty ugly. Similarly, one could ask whether high-level languages are
important/necessary, or merely a convenience.