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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Performance: C vs. C++
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 11:36:38 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- References: <30F6BAAC.12B5@iastate.edu> <4fgd62$asb@gaia.ns.utk.edu> <4frur0$73t@adam.telalink.net> <4fvr7k$a3l@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov>
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- In article <4fvr7k$a3l@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov>,
- Matt Kennel <kennel@msr.epm.ornl.gov> wrote:
- >I personally prefer langauges where the *user* of the pointer can say:
- >
- > This is a pointer to class X or any of its compatible descendents.
- > This is a pointer to exactly class X.
-
- Boy, with all this obfuscation, you can almost forget that a pointer is just a
- simple machine address!
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