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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 08:57:56AM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> In the future, I suggest you refrain from using terms like "modern
> programming practices" when trying to convince developers (at least this
> developer anyway) that the change you are proposing is worthwhile.  This
> is an automatic red flag for me.  It sounds like a bunch of marketing
> hype rather than a well thought out technical argument.  While I agree
> std::xxxx is more readable than using namespaces, there is nothing
> "modern" about writing readable code.  Good coding practices have been
> around since "good old days" of assembly and C.  Over the last 25 years,

Practical example of 'modern programming practice' (implemented by boost
and other)... FUNCTORS

Really really unconvenient & ugly & a total waste of time in 90% of the
cases.

Really miss lambdas in C++ :P (they say they are adding them... I fear
the result...)

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
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