Re: const

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Zach wrote:
On Nov 11, 5:01 pm, Peter Duniho <no.peted.s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Zach wrote:

I'm not here to argue that C++ is superior to C# or C# sucks
or anything like that.

Of course you are. You are at the very least making that statement with
respect to a specific feature.

Actually, no I'm not.

Actually, yes you are.

You specifically claim that "const" is something "C++ gets hand down correct". The implication is that C# doesn't. If saying that C# is incorrect and C++ is correct isn't a clear statement that C++ is superior to C#, I don't know what would be.

The rest of your post reads like the usual religious-war stuff: you presuppose the superiority, and then use that supposition as "proof" that someone with a counter-argument must just not understand the superior feature.

Whatever. Fact is, you aren't going to get this in C#. If you want "const", go use a different language.

As for the discussion on the topic by others, there's this great Internet tool out there. Maybe you've heard of it. It's called "Google" and it does a wonderful job finding things on the Internet for you. No doubt you'll have some rationale for discounting every negative comment found on the Internet related to "const" in C++, but the comments are at least out there for you to discount.

Pete
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