From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-08-04T16:50:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby could be wildly more popular if it had ...


"Josef 'Jupp' Schugt" <jupp@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:20030803185615.GA569@jupp%gmx.de...
> #define begin {
> #define end   }
>
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> begin
>   if (argc < 2)
>     begin
>       return -1;
>     end
>   else
>     begin
>       return argc-1;
>     end
> end

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  return argc < 2 ? -1 : argc-1;
}

(I love that ternary operator... :-))

> The result is some new programming language - it's no longer C (one
> should keep in mind that C++ started as C preprocessor macros).

Not 100% correct, AFAIK.  C++ started out as a precompiler that spat out C
code.  CPP macros are by far not powerful enough to implement C++ on top
of C.  Just think of the management of inheritance hierarchies.

Regards

    robert