- Simple Program from 2.3.2 of Stroustrup 3/e - 3 Updates
- Dogs and cats - 1 Update
| Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid>: Jan 24 09:55PM On 24/01/2018 21:24, Tim Rentsch wrote: > For me 'const' signifies something worth bringing to the attention > of the reader. Overusing const is just as much of a negative as > underusing it. If I was designing a language from scratch I think I'd make const default. The fact that we have to specify const, but not writeable, is IMHO a historical accident. Andy |
| legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard): Jan 24 10:07PM [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup] Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> spake the secret code >I dislike having to write forward declarations, and to a lesser >extent having to see them while reading. But I dislike those >things a lot less than having to read code backwards. "Backwards" is ambiguous because it means top-to-bottom for someone who likes to read code in a bottom-up manner and it means bottom-to-top for someone who likes to read code in a top-down manner. IMO, it is a useful skill to read code in either direction, but naturally one can still have a preference. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals-wiki.org> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com> |
| Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com>: Jan 24 03:06PM -0800 On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 4:55:28 PM UTC-5, Vir Campestris wrote: > If I was designing a language from scratch I think I'd make const default. I'd be skeptical if any new language would take const from C++. const can be thought of as an ad hoc construct that effectively provides a class with a second interface. Modern languages that have interfaces don't need that, you would just provide an interface with an immutable specification, if that was what you wanted. Daniel |
| "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid>: Jan 23 04:33PM -0800 On 1/23/2018 2:51 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote: > Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide > them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that > they are God." -- Christopher Hitchens ;^) Well, I have seen some interesting Dogs, that grab a toy and become possessive, even growling at their owner, or God if you will. |
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