Re: simple vs complex languages

<david.thompson1@worldnet.att.net> wrote:


>> >[In the versions of Lisp that I know, a function doesn't have to be
>> >declared or defined until its called. That can make development a lot
>> >easier. -John]
>>
>> It's interesting to note that the language C stole prototypes from
>> (C++) actually does not require prototypes (or any other kind of
>> forward declarations) when it comes to class members, probably because
>> class declarations cannot span compilation units.
>
>I'm not sure exactly what this was supposed to mean, but I think it's
>wrong.


I meant this (C++):


// This will not compile:
int f( int ) { g( 120 ); }
int g( int ) { return 1; }


// This *will* compile:
class A {
    int f( int ) { g( 120 ); }
    int g( int ) { return 1; }
};


Ziv

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