From:	jon_bills AT hotmail DOT com (Jon Bills)
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Subject:	Re: Making C++ little easier to beginners...
Date:	18 Oct 2001 11:39:56 -0700
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"Traveler" <traveler AT netti DOT fi> wrote in message news:<9qmkrh$581$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi>...
> Little example...
> 
> int    x = 10,
>         y = 10;
> 
> if(x == 10 && x == 10)        // Does this look scary or weird 
> to you ?

No. It looks like exactly you are ANDing the result of x == 10 with
the result of x == 10. I suppose that's a bit weird, but certainly not
scary.

>     cout << "true\n";
> else
>     cout << "false\n";
> 
> 
> wouldn?t this be nicer ?
> 
> if(x EQUAL 10 AND y EQUAL 10)

No. Why would you want to turn C++ into COBOL? Now, that is a bit
scary.

>     cout << "true\n";
> else
>     cout << "false\n";
> 
> Here?s little helper...
> 
> #define    AND        &
> #define    COMPLEMENT    ~
> #define    EQUAL    ==
> #define    EQU        EQUAL
> #define    NOT        !
> #define    OR            |
> #define    XOR        ^
> 

That's enough! How do you suppose obfuscating the C++ language behind
a set of dodgy preprocessor macros makes things easier for anybody,
particularly beginners? In fact, don't answer that.

Jon.

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