Andreas Vox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Then don't use them. And as you see in LyX we use these as little as
>> possible.
>
| Yes. Unfortunately one can't take the same approach for the preprocessor,
| at least for the include files.
If _that_ is you concern with the preprocessor the you have no
concern.
>> | automatic datatype conversion
>>
>> Ha. java does this as well.
>
| Not bool <-> int <-> pointer.
Do you have explict pointers in Java? (except from
NullPointerException. I always found this an oxymoron...)
| What about this code:
>
| if ( 1 < x < 10 ) {
| printf("yes");
| }
| else {
| printf("no");
| }
>
| a) Should it compile?
we drunken head says yes.
| b) What should it print for different values of x?
"yes" all the time according to the same drunken head.
(and I cannot really be bothered to test this.)
>> | BTW, does anyone know the type of the expression
>> >
>> | bind(&Impl::finishedGenerating, this, _1, _2)
>> >
>> | where Impl is PreviewLoader::Impl ?
>>
>> Why would you need it?
>
| Declaring a function which takes it as an argument?
You don't do that using bind, but using function, just as Angus
suggested.
>>
>> | Ok, I better stop now.
>>
>> Loosing battle on this list.
>
| Well, at least most of the repliers shared my view that
| commutativity of array access is both insane and funny.
Sure. But none of us ever use it.
>> The only thing I miss from Java is the nice libraries (with the crappy
>> api's)
>
| Ah, not all of them have crappy apis! :-)
But most!
Part of this is caused by (IMHO perhaps) not having free functions,
and the horrible Object thingie.
| The problem is that most things
| which were integrated into Java the first time were 10-20 years behind:
| AWT 1.0 api, first garbage collector algorithm (too slow), multithreading
| and synchronizing (even slower), JVM design, ...
| It's just now that the really top things pop up: Hotspot JVM, Generics,
| faster GC and sync algorithms.
Generics are just a lousy excuse for templates.
It seems that most Java programmers I have spoken with are pretty much
disappointed with them.
| P.S. What about a Java frontend to LyX for true platform independence?
ha!
(and it really is a pipe-dream)
--
Lgb
