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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: TeX and Pascal [was Re: The joy of FORTRAN]
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:15:47 +0100
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On 01/10/2024 15:58, John Ames wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 13:43:31 +0100
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> You can do that in straight C using one file per object and the
>> static keyword.
>>
>> All that C++ gives you is a syntactical way to describe what you are
>> doing.
>>
>> And frankly I find the syntax utterly confusing
> 
> Yup - as I said, C++ is just C with OOP features awkwardly bolted onto
> it. Not a good example at *all.*
> 
Well there ya go.
I have to sometimes use those features if I am incorporating a C++ 
library, but I dont really like it

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