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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Distributing C as headers.
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:16:43 -0800
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
> On 28/01/2019 12:21, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
[...]
>> Part of the point that you could avoid using pointer in non-C
>> programming languages.  There are constructs such as passing arguments
>> by reference, or using opaque objects (such as string) instead of bare
>> pointers to characters with some missing attribute such as allocated
>> size or length that must be passed on the side, which is propice to
>> errors, and ultimately crashes.
[...]
> Since you talk about "C programming languages" plural, are you including
> C++ ?  In C++ you can pass by reference, make classes such as string,
> etc. - and you can get a result that is both faster and safer than with
> Pascal.

He referred to "non-C programming languages, meaning all languages other
than C.  He didn't mention "C programming languages".

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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */