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Subject: Re: What's wrong with C++?
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Peter C. Chapin wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Hyman Rosen wrote:
>
>> It sounds like a complaint that C++ requires source inclusion
>> (directly or via preprocessor #include directives) of type and
>> object declarations into a compilation unit, while other languages
>> have syntax for requesting a type set (class, package, etc.) whose
>> definition is then sought out by the compiler in an
>> implementation-dependent way. Personally, I don't find the long
>> strings of 'import ...;' or 'with ...; use ...;' statements any more
>> appealing than '#include "header.h"', but I suppose it's "purer".
>
> C++'s model of #include is a major project because the compiler does
> not really know what is going on and the preprocessor can do
> arbitrary editing of source code. For example
>

For the viewer audience: Peter was trying to make a minor a major. (Huh, 
Peter).