From: "Bart van den Burg" <bart AT bart99 DOT tmfweb DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Making C++ little easier to beginners...
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:29:58 +0200
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would you hire 'anyone' who uses travelers methods?
my guess is not
so as a beginner you shouldn't even use this, because you'll get used to it
and that's so wrong. better get used to the standards.

Bart

"Ray Fischer" <rfischer AT bolt DOT sonic DOT net> wrote in message
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> Traveler <traveler AT netti DOT fi> wrote:
> >Little example...
>
> Where I work we're are complete uninterested in making C++ easier
> for beginners.  We don't hire beginners.  Your plan is as daft as
> proposing that knives be dulled to protect beginners.
>
> >wouldn´t this be nicer ?
> >
> >if(x EQUAL 10 AND y EQUAL 10)
> >    cout << "true\n";
> >else
> >    cout << "false\n";
>
> No.
>
> --
> Ray Fischer         When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks
> rfischer AT sonic DOT net  into you  --  Nietzsche