On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 03:51:58PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 10/15/2012 03:23 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >I have trouble seeing how we could implement Postgres as efficiently
> >without C macros, but maybe that is the point --- efficiency is not
> >critical in SQL --- Java and C++ give other options that are "good
> >enough" and less error-prone.
> >
> >
>
> Er, C++ uses the preprocessor. In fact, C++ was originally created
> as a set of preprocessor macros, IIRC.
I assumed from the emails that macros were discouraged in C++; I don't
know myself personally. I certainly would miss macro abilities in C.
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