Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Making C++ little easier to beginners... References: <9qmkrh$581$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi> <9qq97t$2df$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi> Organization: Sonic, San Jose X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) From: rfischer AT bolt DOT sonic DOT net (Ray Fischer) Originator: rfischer AT bolt DOT sonic DOT net (Ray Fischer) Lines: 52 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 23:01:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.224.36 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT sonic DOT net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1003532509 208.201.224.36 (Fri, 19 Oct 2001 16:01:49 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 16:01:49 PDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Traveler wrote: >Let me make few things clear: > >1) I apologize the trouble that my typo "if(x == 10 && x == 10)" has caused (What >we learn from this ? Never, ever send a message when you are tired ). Were you tired when you wrote this? >2) Lot of criticism was that my little helper was not "correct" C/C++. No, that it is _bad_ C++. > Is it so that the so called "O mighty" standard of C++ prevents me to write >this kind of code ? > I dont thinks so... Go right ahead. Just don't get expect to get a job writing that kind of code. > So what !!!!???? > If you like the things that I sometimes offer then use it, if not then dont >use it ! Itīs as easy as that ! > What I do is to offer ALTERNATIVES. So what? Any halfwit can play with macros. Notice that nobody does so. >3) Ray Fischer, you writed: > "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." > > Well, that was a very encouraging ! It wasn't meant to be. > Frankly, I don't care where you work or what kind of projects you currently do. Apparently you don't care about employment either. >You also wrote: >"Well guess what: "Boolean algebra" books don't count. Not in the slightest. >What does count is the C++ standard. When you learn something about C++ and >programming you'll realize as much yourself." > >Take a look at the following part and think again...also read the part 2 again No. It's still pointless crap. -- Ray Fischer When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks rfischer AT sonic DOT net into you -- Nietzsche