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- From: collins@thor.tu.hac.com (Ron Collins)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Opinions on Visual C/C++
- Date: 7 Mar 1996 19:57:23 GMT
- Organization: Advanced Depot Systems
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- References: <4hdkm7$2jk@huron.eel.ufl.edu> <Dnq94s.Cx3@emr1.emr.ca> <4hhfho$igo@news.interpath.net> <4hi57e$3bf@ams.amsinc.com> <4hib7rINN6e1@gambier.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <4hl67n$m06@news.interpath.net>
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- Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems (softbase@mercury.interpath.net) wrote:
- : Kazimir Kylheku (c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca) wrote:
- : : In article <4hi57e$3bf@ams.amsinc.com>,
- : : Steve Herborn <sherborn@mail.amsinc.com> wrote:
- : : >Valid point Scott! As far as I'm concerned once you use any of the
- : : >extensions of any product you are coding in a different langauge then
- : : >as described in it's ANSI standard (if it has one).
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- : : It's not only as far as you are concerned. It's simply true!
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- : But when does it become a new language, and not just extensions? Why
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- When the ANSI comittee accepts these extensions, and incorporates them
- into the next published standard.
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- [snip]
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- : PS: In my haste to make the point, I cut a little too much out of
- : the article I replied to
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- Er... exactly _what_ was your point?
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