From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Functions in struct's... possible?  How?
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 12:57:27 -0700
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Adam W Lee wrote:

> Also, somebody said "you can do this in C, suggesting another language
> is
> dumb" (I believe it was Paul Derbyshire but I may be mistaken, I'll
> have
> to go back and look.)

The original question was, "How do I do X in language Y?"  The answer to
the question is never "Use language Z."

That's why people reacted the way they did.  Function pointers are the
answer to the original poster's question.

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