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From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: C++, complex, etc
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 21:55:37 +0400
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I don't think I'm the only person who dislike absence of standard things in
the real world.

If all the compilers worked the same way for a user/programmer and had the
same interfaces for standard libraries, programming would be pretty
pleasant.

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Alexei A. Frounze
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J-P wrote:
> 
> In article <3923B96E DOT 77F5890A AT mtu-net DOT ru>,
> Alexei A. Frounze <djgpp AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> >> Welcome to C++.  If you don't like languages that are not standardized
> >> enough, don't use C++, at least not just yet.
> >
> >Yup. Very friendly programming language. :))
> 
> What's unfriendly about not yet having a standard? Sorry standardizing
> isn't quick enough for you. All you have to do is put up with a few quirks
> in the different implementations between different compilers.
> 
> Can't you do this in C? Or do your complex mathematics another way? I
> can't believe you *need* special functions to do the mathematics, although
> I can understand them making them easier.
> 
> If you don't like C++, then don't use it. But don't go round complaining
> about how its current lack of exact standard is a real bummer for you to
> have to put up with, because, fundamentally, you don't have to put up with
> it.
> 
> J-P
> --
> Smart stock market investing: keep a close eye on Dan Aykroyd and Eddie
> Murphy. They may try to outfox you and your cold-hearted brother.


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