asadullah ansari wrote: Is it any case where software only can do and hardware cannt do delete this; A self deleting hardware would leave some leftovers, or violate first law of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Hope this helps! /M Chat in Europe :java: Now with 24% more Twitter

The reason is very subjective. In the below posts you can find the link to Stroustroup site, and his "official" answer. The interesting thing is that the argumentation he provides are good for C as well. IMHO, I think it was just a different "taste" between K&R and B.S. In C a struct is just a "bouch of bytes" and and address is just a "place in memory". In C++ a struct is an "object" and an address is an "object identity" (and two objects must not have the same one). Of course we can discuss if C++ classes and structs are "real" object or just tools to assemble them ... but it is still another matter of "taste". 2 bugs found. > recompile ... 65534 bugs found. :doh:

The problem with if(0 == x) is that we don't naturally read or write that way. It's Yoda-speak[^]: if x is 0 will become if 0, x is. ;P Unnatural actions have a tendency to not stick naturally. Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel