Re: [Feature Request?] __key

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2016-07-20 7:46 GMT+02:00 Tim Hill <drtimhill@gmail.com>:

> I will note in passing that C++ has been trying to do that for 20+ years
> with only limited success and only by the creation of a language that rivals
> PL/1 in complexity (note: C++ fans need not flame me).

In those days IBM was rather like Microsoft is now, and PL/1 was
an attempt to create a language that would inveigle IBM users into
writing software that would run only on their machines.

(In the unabashed hope of hijacking the thread :-)