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From: Lao Xiao Hai <laoxhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Tribute to Ada from C++ Advocate
Date: 2000/10/18
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One of my favorite books on C++ is Effective C++ by Scott Meyers
(Addison-Wesley).

Here is an informative paragraph from Scott Meyer's book.  (p 224,
Second Edition)

"As long as we're on the topic of warnings, recall that warnings are
inherently implementation
dependent, so it's not a good idea to get sloppy in your programming,
relying on compilers
to spot your mistakes for you.  The function-hiding code above, for
instance, goes through
a different (but widely-used) compiler with nary a squawk.  Compilers
are suposed to
translate C++ into an executable format, not act as your personal safety
net. You want
that kind of safety?  Program in Ada."

Richard Riehle