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From: progers@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (SBS Engineering)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: C++ Envy
Date: 5 Jan 1995 11:12:52 -0600
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Date: 1995-01-05T11:12:52-06:00
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Tired of hearing about all those things that C++ can do that Ada87 can't?
Then here's a cute trick in C++ that you'll like:

#define private public
#include compromised_class.h
#define private private

Confused?  The above says that when compiling the class header for
compromised_class, all the private stuff will be public, and thus
available to the world.  A friend showed me the above, and quoted the
source as saying that eternal damnation was insufficient punishment...
Hard to argue with.

-- 
Pat Rogers
progers@acm.org

PS: Yes, yes, yes, I know all languages allow one to say silly and
questionable things.  If you're upset by this post, then get a life!