Re: Why We Use C Than C++...

Richard Heathfield <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > Ok, and then write me a working equivalent to the C++ template
> > mechanism... ;o)
>
> Why bother?

To spare a few hundred lines of code?

Ok, I used macros with type arguments to this end before. But I
tended to be yelled at on code reviews for this. I still have no idea
why ... :-)

ImRe
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