From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4155 invoked from network); 13 May 2020 23:37:42 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 May 2020 23:37:42 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B70619C6AB; Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D4269C668; Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 160369C668; Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta03p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta03p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.67]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A59A29C604 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep03p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200513233700.NREG31393.viclafep03p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:00 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedrleehgddvgecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5E8A6D7506FAB402 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Thu, 14 May 2020 09:36:59 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 04DNawtX022575 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 09:36:58 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 04DNavTf022572 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 09:36:58 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 09:36:57 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <3cb1126796176debe28aa66672ba27ae@yaccman.com> <20200511005745.GL17035@mcvoy.com> <357EFE54-BD94-4C10-8C43-C6735BF7D317@via.net> <20200511202555.GU17035@mcvoy.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] v7 K&R C X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Tue, 12 May 2020, Paul Winalski wrote: > Absolutely. The projects that I ran effectively used C++ as a > stronger-typed version of C. A small subset of C++ features were > allowed, but among the prohibited features were: [...] > o operator overloading [...] I never could figure out why Stroustrup implemented that "feature"; let's see, this operator usually means this, except when you use it in that situation in which case it means something else. Now, try debugging that. I had to learn C++ for a project at $WORK years ago (the client demanded it), and boy was I glad when I left... -- Dave