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In article <usncjtzix.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake says...
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>that C++ doesn't. C++ has no limited types, it has no distinction

Your point is quite valid, but this statement is not preciecly true. You can put
the copy constructor in the "private" part of a class to achieve the same
effect. They don't call it "limited", but its effectively the same thing.

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