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Subject: Re: What's wrong with C++?
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Le Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:04:00 +0100, J-P. Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr> a =C3=A9=
crit:

> Le 17/02/2011 00:35, Peter C. Chapin a =C3=A9crit :
>> A macro defined in someheader.h might change the meaning of the
>> declarations in someotherheader.h.
> And especially the following one:
> #define private public
>
> Great for those who think that information hiding is a nuisance!

I am not joking here : at the time I learned C/C++, I hired a book from =
a  =

library, which was proudly stating C/C++ macros are so much powerful (si=
c)  =

that one may "#define BEGIN {", "#define END }" and so on, so as to  =

happily write BASIC in C/C++ ! And that was not a book playing the fool =
on  =

C/C++, that book was promoting C/C++.


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