48 hour game jam

[Paulo Pinto]

On Monday, 15 October 2012 at 22:45:16 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:34:44AM +0200, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> On Monday, 15 October 2012 at 22:14:48 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> [...]
>> >It *is* a pretty crazy idea to prohibit STL, seeing as STL is 
>> >what
>> >makes writing container-related C++ code bearable. I have 
>> >horrible
>> >memories of the Bad Old Days when I must've reinvented linked 
>> >lists
>> >at least 20 times, just because STL didn't exist in those 
>> >days.
>> >
>> >When templates first came out, I was elated that finally I 
>> >didn't
>> >have to implement Yet Another Linked List. Perhaps it took 
>> >that kind
>> >of experience to appreciate templates. :-) People who didn't 
>> >have to
>> >suffer through these kinds of limitations often don't 
>> >appreciate what
>> >templates offer. (And that's C++ templates, with all their 
>> >warts, not
>> >even speaking about D templates -- which are on a whole 
>> >'nother
>> >level.)
> [...]
>> You should talk with the Go guys which seem to be happy 
>> re-inventing
>> the type of tools we used in C++, back in the days templates 
>> were
>> still not available, somewhere around 1993 in my case.
>
> On the contrary, I should shut up and let them spend their time
> reinventing the wheel, while D moves forward to wider adoption. 
> ;-)
>
>
>> Does anyone remember the pre-processor hacks from Borland C++?
> [...]
>
> I remember Borland C++, yes... but I don't recall what 
> preprocessor
> hacks were there.
>
>
> T

I don't recall any longer how they were exactly.

In can recall that they were implemented with macros. Then you 
needed to #define a set of values and include the relevant file 
multiple times for each set of parameter macros.

--
Paulo