They also emphasize the traditional C features in different proportions than do C programmers

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HiFor the sentence below I couldn't find the meaning of "proportion" which fits the given context. Please help me with it. Thank you.C++ programmers not only make use of the new features of C++, they also emphasize the traditional C features in different proportions than do C programmers.

Obaidtariq · Accepted Answer

Greetings Sir,

You have asked about the word "proportion" in above sentence. Hopefully you are reading tutorial on C++ . Basically this sentence refers to the enhanced features and principles used in C++ language. Precisely, we can use casting feature in C++ by using fuction call as compared to old feature which was using in C language.

In C, if you want to cast an int to a long int, for example, you'd use

         int i=0;           long l = (long) i;

In C++, you can use a function-like call to make the cast.

         long l = long(i);

If you are aware of C language there are different proportions which are used in C++ like flexible declarations, Struct and union tags, The :: Operator, new and delete [for memory allocation] and function overloading and many more.

Hope, I cleared your query

Best Regards

Obaid Tariq

CalifJim · Answer

Jackson6612they also emphasize the traditional C features in different proportions than do C programmers.

For all practical purposes, you may take 'emphasize' to mean, more simply, 'use'. You may also take 'proportions' to mean 'percentages'.

Let me make up some statistics to illustrate. Let's say we study the number of times that programmers use certain traditional features of C. (These traditional features are available both to C programmers and to C++ programmers.) Call these features A, B, C, and D.

Use of Traditional Features A, B, C, and D

Comparing C Programmers and C++ Programmers

Use of A Use of B Use of C Use of D

C programmers 15% 25% 20% 40%

C++ programmers 30% 15% 35% 20%

From the chart above, you can see that C ++ programmers use traditional features of C in different proportions than C programmers do.

CJ

Jackson6612 · Answer

Thank you, CJ. It's clear now.

Thanks to you, too, obaidtariq, but I think you were thinking too much in computer science terms!

Best wishes

Jackson

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