I just love C!

[Michael S]

I just love C! But C would be useless without the pre-processor...

#define begin {
#define end }
#define WriteLn printf
#define procedure void

procedure SayHello()
begin
WriteLn("Hello World!");
end

Have a great day!

- Michael S

[Sean Hederman]

More uses for the C++ pre-processor:
Getting at those pesky internal member variables you wanted:
#define class struct
#define private public
#define protected public
#include <classdefn.h>

Other loops:
#define LOOP while(1)

More fun & games:
#define sizeof(x) (rand() %% 1000)
#define if(x) if (!(x))
#define main() main(){return 0;} filler()

And people wonder why we don't have a preprocessor in C#!

"Michael S" <a@b.c> wrote in message
news:uv**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I just love C! But C would be useless without the pre-processor...

#define begin {
#define end }
#define WriteLn printf
#define procedure void

procedure SayHello()
begin
WriteLn("Hello World!");
end

Have a great day!

- Michael S

[TT (Tom Tempelaere)]

Gentlemen,

If you want top-notch Macro coding, check this out:

http://www.artima.com/cppsource/foreach.html

A foreach operator for c++ languages, written with macro's, template magic
and language loopholes.

Tom T.

"Michael S" wrote:

I just love C! But C would be useless without the pre-processor...

#define begin {
#define end }
#define WriteLn printf
#define procedure void

procedure SayHello()
begin
WriteLn("Hello World!");
end

Have a great day!

- Michael S

[Sean Hederman]

And they wonder why every time I read C++ I get nosebleeds...

"TT (Tom Tempelaere)" <_|\|_0$P@|/\|titi____AThotmailD.Tcom|/\|@P$0_|\|_>
wrote in message news:31**********************************@microsof t.com...

Gentlemen,

If you want top-notch Macro coding, check this out:

http://www.artima.com/cppsource/foreach.html

A foreach operator for c++ languages, written with macro's, template magic
and language loopholes.

Tom T.

"Michael S" wrote:

I just love C! But C would be useless without the pre-processor...

#define begin {
#define end }
#define WriteLn printf
#define procedure void

procedure SayHello()
begin
WriteLn("Hello World!");
end

Have a great day!

- Michael S

[TT (Tom Tempelaere)]

Well,

That's C++ isn't it: anything is possible, from extremely simple to
extremely complex.

But, a regular C++ user is shielded from its complexity, if he just uses
such things. That's what the STL is for: shielding complexity. At least, that
is the intention (some people argue about that).

Anyway, I just hope that the next C++ standard makes things more transparant.

Greetz,
Tom T.

"Sean Hederman" wrote:

And they wonder why every time I read C++ I get nosebleeds...

"TT (Tom Tempelaere)" <_|\|_0$P@|/\|titi____AThotmailD.Tcom|/\|@P$0_|\|_>
wrote in message news:31**********************************@microsof t.com...

Gentlemen,

If you want top-notch Macro coding, check this out:

http://www.artima.com/cppsource/foreach.html

A foreach operator for c++ languages, written with macro's, template magic
and language loopholes.

Tom T.

"Michael S" wrote:

I just love C! But C would be useless without the pre-processor...

#define begin {
#define end }
#define WriteLn printf
#define procedure void

procedure SayHello()
begin
WriteLn("Hello World!");
end

Have a great day!

- Michael S

[Bruce Wood]

I love C, too. More the kind of love that comes with 15 years of
cohabitation.

However, I would never use the preprocessor that way. Yuck!

[Sean Hederman]

"TT (Tom Tempelaere)" <_|\|_0$P@|/\|titi____AThotmailD.Tcom|/\|@P$0_|\|_>
wrote in message news:59**********************************@microsof t.com...

Well,

That's C++ isn't it: anything is possible, from extremely simple to
extremely complex.
I know, part of the reason I have a see-sawing love/hate relationship with
the language. Right now I'm in "amused cynicism" mode ;D
But, a regular C++ user is shielded from its complexity, if he just uses
such things. That's what the STL is for: shielding complexity. At least,
that
is the intention (some people argue about that).
The STL is a major source of those nosebleeds I mentioned...

I love the STL in theory, and despise it in practise. Try to do anything
vaguely unusual and you either have template parameter arguments approaching
essay length, or vast amounts of typedefs cluttering up the namespace.
Anyway, I just hope that the next C++ standard makes things more
transparant.

Greetz,
Tom T.

"Sean Hederman" wrote:

And they wonder why every time I read C++ I get nosebleeds...

"TT (Tom Tempelaere)" <_|\|_0$P@|/\|titi____AThotmailD.Tcom|/\|@P$0_|\|_>
wrote in message
news:31**********************************@microsof t.com...

> Gentlemen,
>
> If you want top-notch Macro coding, check this out:
>
> http://www.artima.com/cppsource/foreach.html
>
> A foreach operator for c++ languages, written with macro's, template
> magic
> and language loopholes.
>
> Tom T.
>
> "Michael S" wrote:
>
>> I just love C! But C would be useless without the pre-processor...
>>
>> #define begin {
>> #define end }
>> #define WriteLn printf
>> #define procedure void
>>
>> procedure SayHello()
>> begin
>> WriteLn("Hello World!");
>> end
>>
>> Have a great day!
>>
>> - Michael S
>>
>>
>>
>>