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Subject: C++, what is it (Was: Re: Fastest bitblt?)
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Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:

> Damian Yerrick wrote

> > C++ can do operator overloading, which converts farpokel() into
> > an array access.

farpoke* does not use operator overloading and will be optimized just as well
in C as in C++.
Although you could make a 'FarArray' class which changed array accessing into
'farpoke*' calls.

> What about the poor guys (a lot of people BTW, just see how much of the
> source out there is C) who program in C.
>
> BTW I love C++ but sometimes I get the feeling when I read statements like
> the above that it is more a toolkit which you can use to "patch up"
> various problematic designs (BTW I'm _not_ referring to DJGPP) rather than
> a programming language.

What do you mean by a toolkit for patching designs?

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