[boost] Re: Kludges (Was: config.h[pp])

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-07-15 20:04:30

At 02:20 AM 7/16/99 +0200, Valentin Bonnard wrote:

>Let me suggest the following:
>
>#ifdef ALREADY_USED
># define FIRST_USED_AT __DATE__
># define ALREADY_USED
>#else
># ifdef __MSVC
>#  if __DATE__ - FIRST_USED_AT > DAY_USE_LIMIT
>#   error You have used Boost for more than DAY_USE_LIMIT days with
>MSVC.
>#   error This is too much.  MSVC is a bad compiler.  You must stop
>using 
>#   error MSVC NOW.
>#   for (;;)
>#    error MS is evil
>#   endfor
>#   uninstall MSVC
>#  endif
># endif
>#endif

Ha! Funny!  This can be the first entry in the Boost Joke section, if
we ever start one.

But change it to the "Half-Kludge Kompiler".  After all, half a
kludge is better than none.
  
And stop bashing particular vendors; that isn't Boost's charter.  

--Beman

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