Quoting Peter Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > jeff writes: > > >> Just ask the C++ folks about the wonders of global > >> variables that are actually complex classes with a > >> constructor and a destructor. > > > You can't use that as an argument against global > > variables in other languages. > > Why not?
So what if there are problems with globals that are actually complex classes etc in C++? Why should that matter to anyone using any other language? > Does the creation of global variables never fail in > Haskell? That's a different argument, not based on C++. > Besides, my main point is that they are > _unnecessary_ in my experience, Ok, but that's again not the C++ argument (which was all that I was addressing). -- Jeff _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe