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On Dec 3, 8:49=A0am, Warren <ve3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert A Duff expounded innews:wccvd3bu37w.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com:
>
> I really hate MS software design. =A0Every API item is shoe
> horned into a WORD, DWORD or some basterized pointer to some
> such. =A0Why couldn't they take the time to put some real C++
> types (if they're going to use C++) around these things? =A0
> Cheeze Louise! =A0And drop that Hungarian notation, for crying
> out loud.
>
> Warren

I defiantly agree with the Hungarian notation.
The argument could be made that if they were going to spend the time/
energy to use "real C++ types" they would have been better off doing
it in Ada where the strong typing would help; IMO, C++ encourages the
disuse/misuse of types.

I agree with you about the WORD, DWORD, pointer thing. It would be
better to have actual types with actual parameters/fields... but then
the same could be said about the 'typless' FSes for *nix and windows;
instead of treating every file as a bag-o-bytes it would be better to
have the files-themselves store that information -- yes, the latter
method makes it 'harder' for you to open that midi file with notepad
so you can do a quick "hex"-edit... but it also means that users can't
screw up your system by forgetting the extension in a rename [win] or
forcing the OS to run some file-checker on the file to determine its
type.