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* Hyman Rosen:

> It occurs to me that if GPS were written in C++ and had these kinds
> of problems, you guys would eat it alive.

Probably true. 8-)

In fact, one nice aspect of C++ is that most of the real experts
aren't apparent zealots.  Maybe it helps if you don't have to justify
your choice of programming language at every corner.