Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Jan 1999 03:23:52 -0500 | From | Chip Salzenberg <> | Subject | Re: C++ in kernel (was Re: exception in a device driver) |
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According to Theodore Y. Ts'o: > It's ironic, really. One of the claimed features of C++ is that it > has ways of enforcing abstractions by not allowing programmers to > access private class variables.
You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of access control.
It is simply a way for the programmer to *express* himself more fully on the subject of what should be touched when. Expressiveness is good -- especially expressiveness that can be checked mechanically (i.e. as part of the language).
It's not about trust. It's about making onesself clear. -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com> "When do you work?" "Whenever I'm not busy."
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