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To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Subject: Re: c9x (new ANSI C) 
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Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:42:54 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
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In message <199905192354.TAA17959@whizzo.transsys.com> "Louis
A. Mamakos" writes:
: Truly and example of the "less is more" concept in action.  I've done
: some non-trivial development in Objective-C, and I can assure you that
: I haven't missed C++'s operator overloading.  

That's one failing of C++.  It is hard to know which of the many tools
in your toolbox are right to use.  Inexperienced C++ coders and
designers tend to use them all, because they can.  Not because they
are needed.

Warner


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