Re: stop adding keywords to C++

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From: Andrew Koenig
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 20:19

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In article <4alt1o$13a2@news.ccit.arizona.edu> jychen@aruba.ccit.arizona.edu (Joseph Y Chen) writes:

> I have not objection to boolean type.  But those added key words like 
> and, or, xor, etc,  just make C/C++ awful, reminding me of Basic which 
> has far too many key wods.  I agree that people using C/C++ aren't fools 
> and they don't need those added key words.

They do if their display devices don't have the usual symbols for &,
|, ^, etc.  Those symbols are `national characters' and are permitted
to display differently in different countries.

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				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@research.att.com

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Subject: Re: stop adding keywords to C++
Date: 14 Dec 1995 20:19:33 GMT
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