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From: Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: usecases of void foo(char **b) {}
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 13:46:41 +1300
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On 11/ 8/16 01:09 PM, BartC wrote:
> On 07/11/2016 22:12, Ian Collins wrote:
>> On 11/ 8/16 01:37 AM, BartC wrote:
>
>>> Targeting C++ is a possibility, but I can't really make use of any of
>>> its higher-level features as my own language doesn't have them. And
>>> probably there will be a million more warnings to have to shut up.
>>
>> You could use the higher level features to define you own intermediate
>> language that behaves the way you want it.  C++ is well suited for
>> writing domain specific languages.  Even without writing your own
>> extensions, C++ allows you to disambiguate array and pointer function
>> parameters.
>
> Where's the fun in that? It anyway sounds like I'll be fighting the
> language 99% of the time instead of the usual 90%.

Well at least you'd be fighting your own language!

-- 
Ian