On 13 Aug., 13:43, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > With all due respect, operator overloading in Fan is an entirely > different, much less scary beast than the infamous C++ implementation > which everyone seems to have in mind. I'm not much for guns, but to > continue gun metaphor: Python and C# both demonstrates that this is > not necessarily an exploding Uzi. But if your premise is that > programmers will do bad things when given the slightest chance, then > remember that you don't actually need a gun to kill somebody - it just > gets the job done easier and faster.
Oh, I'm for operator overloading, but I don't think the arguments for it can be reduced to "So operator overloading is bad because people have HR problems?" and "Don't blame the gun, blame the shooter." With kind regards Ben --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
