Wading into the C

No time for deep thoughts these days; too much hacking, dissertating, designing, and committeefying going on. Just a couple notes based on recent experiences hacking in C/C++:

1. Not being able to rely on recursion makes me sad.

2. "Downwards macro-args" in C:

#define MY_ENUM_LIST(m) \
   m(RED, 0), \
   m(GREEN, 1), \
   m(BLUE, 2)

#define DEF_ENUM_ENTRY(c, v) c = v
#define QUOTE_ENUM_ENTRY(c, v) #c

typedef enum rgb {
   MY_ENUM_LIST(DEF_ENUM_ENTRY)
} rgb;

const char *rgb_names[] = {
   MY_ENUM_LIST(QUOTE_ENUM_ENTRY)
};

3. I am fast becoming acquainted with gdb.

4. And a few choice command-line shortcuts really save extraordinary amounts of time. My new fav: the !? bash-history shortcut.