[ILUG] C puzzle

[Paul Jakma]

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, John Allen wrote:

> The correct solution is obviously C++. Macros is bad.

They're quite useful for saving on typing things that dont deserve to 
go in a function[1].

They're also not typed, which can be useful.

1. ie things that amount to no more than a few instructions. inlining 
anything that isnt utterly trivial is a performance *loss* on modern 
CPUs.

regards,
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