On 07/29/2013 08:15 PM, jonsmirl at gmail.com wrote:

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:44 PM, David Gibson
[off-list ref] wrote:

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I also think we should consider the option of having a simple and
straightforward schema language which handles, say, 80% of cases with
a fall back to C for the 20% of curly cases.  That might actually be
simpler to work with in practice than a schema language which can
express absolutely anything, at the cost of being awkward for simple
cases or difficult to get your head around.

Would C++ work? You can use operating overloading and templates to
change the syntax into something that doesn't even resemble C any
more.

From my perspective, that's precisely why C++ should /not/ be used.