Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)

[jayessay <nospam@foo.com>]

"Jerry Coffin" <jcoffin@taeus.com> writes:

> jayessay wrote:
> > "Jerry Coffin" <jcoffin@taeus.com> writes:
> >
> > > jayessay wrote:
> > >
> > > [ ... ]
> > >
> > > > > I very specifcally said they were not in a preprocessor, and
> > > > > merely that they provide capabilities similar to those
> > > > > available in the preprocessor in C++.
> > > >
> > > > And this is just _completely_ untrue.  Not even close.
> > >
> > > I see. So what is it that (you incorrectly believe) the C
> > > preprocessor can do that a Lisp macro can't do?
> >
> > Nothing, but then I never indicated otherwise.
> 
> You clearly don't understand even the simplest logic. Being able to do
> all the same things directly implies having similar capabilities.

You don't understand plain English.  What you are saying is just
irrelevant.


> > You have provided a mass of evidence to support the conclusion.  The
> > fact that you don't understand this is actually even more evidence.
> 
> 100% pure, triple distilled nonsense.

Hardly.  Your problem is simple.  You made an incorrect statement but
for reasons that are beyond me you can't come to grips with that fact.
Your technique here is just to keep reiterating your mistake and
posturing as if you had a clue.  You don't.  And it is becoming
painfully clear.


> posts elsewhere makes it clear that even on cll you're known primarily
> for flaming. e.g.:

Hardly.  But if it soothes your ego to think so, I'm fine with that.
I don't really understand why you are so obsessed with trying to not
come to grips with your mistake here.  It's not as if it's that big a
deal.


/Jon

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