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From: Britt Snodgrass <britt.snodgrass@gmail.com>
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On Sep 22, 3:34=A0pm, Florian Weimer <f...@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:

> C++ does not need them because the language is so expressive that you
> can *define* your own pointer types.

Perhaps you meant to say "permissive" rather than "expressive". I
agree with the description of these two words as described in the
following article:

http://www.eetimes.com/design/eda-design/4008921/Expressive-vs-permissive-l=
anguages--Is-that-the-question-

- Britt