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| From | Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Two different Results between C and C++ |
| Date | 2020-06-29 14:59 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <87ftadednq.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> (permalink) |
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raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>> raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
>> > You're even more wrong, then, because almost all real-world C programs
>> > are written without pandering to C++'s neuroses. I'll grant you that
>> > most of them might be munged into legal C++ programs by expending the
>> > small but ridiculous effort of hauling them through Bjarne Mungler
>> > Automatic 2000, but at that point they won't be C programs worth the
>> > name any more. Much like you can take Arthur Conan Doyle, run him
>> > through Hollywood, and get Elementary; which shits on Doyle's legacy.
>> > It's small effort, yes. But the result is not what you started out with.
>>
>> You agree that it's a small effort. Doesn't that mean you agree with my
>> original statement? Here it is again:
>>
>> But almost all programs that are legal C but not legal C++ can be
>> made into legal C++ with a small effort.
>>
>> At no time did I suggest it would be a good idea.
>
> If you had added _that_, I would not have disagreed. It is the crucial
> point.
It may be crucial to the point you want to make. It was not relevant to
the statement I made.
> Yes, there is a considerable overlap between C and C++. All second-year
> programmers know that. It takes a professional to learn that very little
> in that overlap is useful or interesting, and we should not encourage
> beginning programmers to believe that casting malloc() or relying on the
> sizes of character constants is a good idea.
Agreed, but it's not what I was talking about. I made a correct
statement. You disagreed with it. But now that we're in agreement
on the facts (if not about who said what), I suggest we can drop
this.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips Healthcare
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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