> You don't use templates I certainly do use templates. Not sure how you get "don't use templates" from what I wrote. Heck, I *over* used templates in the first large C++ project I ever did, and boy, does that make a mess! Now I think I am down to a happy medium. I don't see them as "competitive" (in a design sense) with macros.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 5:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Meta languages [was: RE: Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z Servers] On 6/04/2021 1:23 am, Charles Mills wrote: >> But IMHO none easy to learn or use. > I am generally not a fan of meta languages at all. I think writing programs > is hard enough, without having to write two effective programs: one that runs > at compile time and one that runs at run time. > > In my C++, which is now my primary language, I eschew the use of C macros as > much as reasonably possible. Reasonableness is a key here. For a few things, > macros make sense. That's interesting. You don't use templates which are one the most powerful features of C++? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
