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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: ???Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich: C/C++ should be deprecated???
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Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> writes:

> 30.09.2022 20:20 Kaz Kylheku kirjutas:
>
>> Scrambled eval orders in a language in which side effects are the
>> principal means of getting anything done is a poor technical situation.
>
> That must be some other language.  I have never written any C++ code
> where side effects were the principal means of getting something done.

That claim is very hard to believe.

> If anything, C++ in general has moved towards more functional style
> over the years, with fewer mutable objects, not to speak about objects
> mutated by side effects.

I feel obliged to mention that comments about C++ are not topical
in comp.lang.c, and the Newsgroups: line should have been
adjusted accordingly.