SS> Dan Mcgregor... sounds familiar... :_) <-- Sunir with nose punched in.
Sunir Shah... I think I've heard of you...
 DM> Good.  In some cases its better (eg GUI's)
 SS> That's why I learnt it.
Thats why I learned it too :)  Well actually I learned it before I learned C. 
 DM> and in some cases its not quite as good. (The 
 DM> classes aren't as fast as C struct's)
 SS> /* 1. Passing by reference */
 SS> void foo( int& HeyIMagicallyAlterYourVariableWithoutTellingYou )
It can be avoided.
 SS>     /* 2. Declaring data in random places */
 SS>     int HiIAmRandomlyDeclaredHere;
Well C++ allowes it.  Its up to the programmer to do it :)
 SS>     HiIAmRandomlyDeclaredHere = ButICannotFindWhereHereIs; // a=b
 SS>                                        /* 3. Assembly comments */
I like them actually...
 SS>     /* 4. C-style casts are outlawed as of the latest draft proposal */
 SS>     long bar;
 SS>      int baz = (long)bar;
Strange.  I use type casts all the time.  IE:
        char *i;
        i = (char *) malloc (30 * sizeof (char));
 SS>     /* 5. Weird new commands and stuff because I hadn't bothered to
 SS>     ** call ANSI to see what they threw in this morning.
 SS>     */
 SS>     CATCH TRY IAMAFISH THESE_ARE_ALL_VALID BECAUSEC++CHANGES EVERYWEEK;
Try and Catch are quite usefule exception handling things...
 SS> No surprise. Borland is evil.
Not as evil as Micro-Soft.
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