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Those new-fangled C constructs that the kids are using these days

Date1997-02-15 01:30
FromLawrence Troxler
SubjectThose new-fangled C constructs that the kids are using these days
Wow! I really shouldn't have even thought of C++ without spending some
time actually looking through this stuff. My mistake. Sorry if I gave
anyone a stroke.

Some of you old folk might not be aware that
there's this new experimental construct in C, called "enum". And, I've
heard some rumors that some of the recent compilers are supporting symbol
names greater than eight characters! 

Well, I guess maybe CSound is like an old rocking chair that has stains
from spilled drinks, and has been scratched apart by the cat. Sure, it'
s not new, and isn't motorized (you have to do the rocking yourself), but
you're afraid to replace it because it's comfortable and it works. I can
understand that. I think... Maybe...

I'm half kidding, of course. But then again, I wonder why it hasn't been
rewritten more than it has. Are people really that afraid of breaking it?


 --  Larry Troxler  --  lt@westnet.com  --  Patterson, NY USA  --