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  2. From: Anatoli Mandelchtam <tolik@tarley_pc.loc201.tandem.com>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: What are the differences between structures and classes in C++ ?
  5. Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 22:21:57 -0700
  6. Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA
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  15. Rob Stewart wrote:
  16. > 
  17. > Actually, classes *are* structs, since struct came first.  Early
  18. > debuggers would also reveal this (at least dbx on the UNIX side
  19. > did).  What you declared a class the debugger revealed as a
  20. > struct.
  21.  
  22. Nope. Structs *are* classes since classes include all features of
  23. structs _and_ additional functionality. And the fact that early
  24. debuggers carry some rudimentary naming conventions only points
  25. out that they were created in a hurry or by people who were too
  26. lazy to do appropriate changes.
  27.  
  28. Regards,
  29.  
  30. Anatoli.
  31.