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fir wrote:
> 
> so (maybe I add it) i called it stupidness
> in some way especially for its 'unpleasaant'
> annoying consequences,
> though not giving better alternative to defines and enums also
> is not to much wise for me :( but do not matter
> (i do not want to hold on this word here to
> much, maybe I shouldnt use it and use something
> like 'bad thing' or 'annoying thing'
> 
> there should be also argumentation why define
> is considered bad for me but i never reflected
> on it too much, all preprocesor seem to me
> like to much primitive rules tool
> and it is not so much bad as an external tool over c
> but is bad for me if considered as an inavoidable part of c
> - (and enum way is silly ) - so it is like here it is :/

It is common for people to think 
that something else is stupid, 
because they can't understand it.

-- 
pete