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From: tohoyn@janus.otol.fi (Tommi H|yn{l{nmaa)
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Subject: Re: Bytes and Characters
Date: 19 Nov 1994 14:19:32 GMT
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What is the reason that there is no keyword "nil" in C++ ?
It's quite funny that people try to implement it with templates etc.