14 May
2020
14 May
'20
1:36 a.m.
On Tue, 12 May 2020, Paul Winalski wrote:
Absolutely. The projects that I ran effectively used
C++ as a
stronger-typed version of C. A small subset of C++ features were
allowed, but among the prohibited features were:
[...]
o operator overloading
[...]
I never could figure out why Stroustrup implemented that "feature"; let's
see, this operator usually means this, except when you use it in that
situation in which case it means something else. Now, try debugging that.
I had to learn C++ for a project at $WORK years ago (the client demanded
it), and boy was I glad when I left...
-- Dave