In "Effective C++ Rules", Scott Myers gives 50 rules for C++
programmers to follow.  Which of these rules apply to Java
as well as to C++?

Less than half, in my opinion:

  1.                no

  2.                no

  3.                no

  4.      maybe

  5.                no

  6.                no

  7.                no

  8.                no

  9.                no

 10.                no

 11.                no

 12.      maybe

 13.      maybe

 14.                no

 15.                no

 16.                no

 17.                no

 18. yes

 19.      maybe          (static and dynamic yes, but no friends in Java)

 20. yes

 21.      maybe          (with "final" for "const")

 22.                no   (Java doesn't give you this choice)

 23.                no   (Java doesn't give you this choice)

 24.                no   (Java doesn't have default parameters)

 25.                no   (Java doesn't permit this)

 26. yes

 27. yes

 28.      maybe          (with "class" for "struct")

 29.                no

 30.                no   (Java doesn't permit this mistake)

 31.                no   (Java doesn't permit this mistake)

 32.                no   (Java doesn't have enums)

 33.      maybe          (Java doesn't permit this to be specified directly)

 34. yes

 35. yes

 36. yes

 37.                no

 38.                no   (Java doesn't have default parameters)

 39. yes

 40. yes

 41.      maybe          (I'm not sure this even makes sense for Java)

 42.                no   (Java doesn't have templates, yet)

 43.                no   (Java doesn't permit multiple inheritance)

 44. yes

 45. yes                 (with "Java" for "C++", of course)

 46. yes

 47. yes                 (with "static" for "global")

 48. yes

 49.      maybe          (how are you supposed to know what they are?)

 50.      maybe          (with "JLS" for "ARM")