Warp wrote:
>   You are seriously claiming that when you wrote "like, in unsafe languages,
> where a stray pointer can change private variables without going thru the
> class methods? :-)" as a reply to my post you were not directly and
> exclusively referencing C++, especially with that smiley?

Yes. I am seriously claiming that. The smiley is there to say "Gee, I bet 
Warp will assume I'm for some reason attacking him. Maybe I'll try to be 
friendly and head that off."

If I was intentionally tweaking you, I'd use a winky face. :-)

>   What other half-dozen "unsafe languages, where a stray pointer can change
> private variables" were you talking about there?

C, for one. Any of the usually-safe languages that specifically bypass the 
safety features, like Ada using unchecked features or Eiffel with the 
precondition checking compiled out.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
   unable to read this, even at arm's length."

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