David O'Toole writes: > > > > Probably. I think it was Bjarne Stroustrup who said > > > something along the > > > lines of "Every use of a define is an instance of a programmer not > > > programming correctly." But I was just wondering if it was some > > > portability thing or something. > > > > I think the basic idea is not to use preprocessor for programming... > > Did Bjarne say that before or after he invented templates? :-) >
It's like saying to a cook: "you shouldn't use knives, they are dangerous". -- FA
