Re: Simplicity has a future

Marc Boyer said:

Le 31-05-2006, Richard Heathfield <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

[Any] C programmer having trouble understanding the code would probably
have trouble understanding "Winnie the Pooh".

What is your definition of "C programmer" ?

Someone who understands C.

When did you met C beginner last time ?

Have you read this newsgroup recently?

My C++ solution, however, is even simpler!

extern "C" {
#include "my_c_solution's_header.h"
};

and linking in <insert library name here>.

So C++ is simpler than C: that is what I wanted to illustrate ;-)

If you say so. But C is simpler than C++, *next* time, because *next* time I
need to use such a function, I can do this:

#include "my_c_solution's_header.h"

and link in the appropriate library, without bothering with all that extern
"C" nonsense. We call it "code re-use", and I recommend it to you.

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Richard Heathfield
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