> That approach has successfully turned a pile of spaghetti C pre-processor code into a managable secure server application deployed across Aix, HP-UX, Solaris,

> That approach has successfully turned a pile of spaghetti C pre-processor code into a managable secure server application deployed across Aix, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and Windows NT/2000. I have also weitten and deployed what you’re denigrating as “preprocessor spaghetti code” across the above exact platforms, with a lot of success. Perhaps we work(ed) at the same company.