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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: To C or not to C++
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Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> writes:
[...]
> There can be rather obvious reasons for such single product team to
> choose writing some program for some process of said product in
> common subset of for example C11 and C++11. So as result that
> program is indeed both C11 program and C++11 program. What is
> here even to argue? 
>
> The code is unlikely to follow widespread idioms of programming in
> either programming language. But saying that whatever was therefore
> "done wrong" without being committed nor having clue what the product
> does is silly™. How can one even dream to be capable to judge 
> adequately?

I don't doubt that there can be valid reasons for writing code in the
common subset of C11 and C++11, but those reasons are not obvious.
Can you elaborate?

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */