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From: "Bertrand Augereau" <baugereau@ifrance.kom>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of
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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 18:26:41 +0200
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Ok, I get your point but we are talking of C++ and Ada basically, classical
I agree that dedicated functional languages are way more expressive, but you
can do nice things at compile-time with these template mechanisms of C++,
especially with templates of templates (ie policy based classes)


"Kaz Kylheku" <kaz@ashi.footprints.net> a �crit dans le message news:
08ce7.63859$B37.1480312@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com...
> In article <9lb6h4$6e9$1@norfair.nerim.net>, Bertrand Augereau wrote:
> >I didn't want to state that this is superior to Ada 'Image approach,
which
> >is quite useful for quick hacks and debugging purpose, but I guess you
> >underevaluate the true power of C++ (especially in metaprogramming)
>
> The metaprogramming power of C++ is quite pathetic. Templates are a weak
> macro system that is compromised for the sake of compiling simplicity.
> All they do is stuff arguments into an existing form to produce a
> function or class. If templates could contain code which computes the
> form, then they might be called powerful.
>
> Only those call C++ powerful who have no experience with more powerful
> languages.