ref returns and properties

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>> But you lose correctness and efficiency. I agree that in certain cases they
>> aren't paramount, but you can't build a language to not allow them.
> 
> Correctness is fine, but efficiency be damned.

You and I don't seem to frequent the same circles.

> Look at where _that_
> mantra has gotten C++.

Not sure that efficiency is the source of most or even many of the known 
issues with C++.


Andrei