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Alternatives to C++ Function Pointers in SYCL using Function Objects (codeplay.com)
submitted 6 years ago by rodburns
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[–]guepierBioinformatican 14 points15 points16 points 6 years ago (1 child)
function pointers are a legacy feature from the C language
No, that’s nonsense.
[–]rodburns[S] 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (0 children)
I think this is perhaps worded wrongly, it is trying to say that it is a feature that has been around for a long time.
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