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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 09:02:09 -0800
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On 26 Nov 2024 19:31:56 GMT
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> Early C++ was pretty awful. I understand iterators and other arcane
> bits have been cleaned up a lot but I have no need to use general
> C++. Arduino, Pico, and other microcontrollers use C/C++ but it's a
> limited subset of C++. 

Ever since C99 added // comments, I have seen zero reason to bother
with C++.