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- From: kanze@gabi.gabi-soft.fr (J. Kanze)
- Message-ID: <KANZE.96Feb9173036@gabi.gabi-soft.fr>
- X-Original-Date: 09 Feb 1996 16:30:36 GMT
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- Date: 10 Feb 96 09:11:02 GMT
- Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Subject: Re: Are all Windows programs ill-formed?
- Organization: GABI Software, Sarl.
- References: <AE5J83na99@qsar.chem.msu.su> <9602010236.26117@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- In-Reply-To: John Max Skaller's message of 05 Feb 1996 09:26:48 PST
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- In article <311417C8.4016@suphys.physics.su.oz.au> John Max Skaller
- <maxtal@suphys.physics.su.oz.au> writes:
-
- > James Kanze US/ESC 60/3/141 #40763 wrote:
- > > I believe that the simple answer is that Windows programs operate in a
- > > unhosted environment.
- >
- > This is a clear condemnation of the Standard,
- > Windows is obviously a hosting operating system.
-
- Not necessarily in terms of the standard. The standard defines what a
- hosted environment must provide. If Windows doesn't provide it, then it
- is not a hosted environment.
-
- > > |> But if a compiler does not accept
- > >
- > > |> int main() { return 0; }
- > >
- > > |> as a complete program, then that compiler is not a conforming C or C++
- > > |> implementation.
-
- > This is the crux of the problem. More important, when I
- > try to use "cout" the program won't link.
-
- An unhosted environment does not have to provide cout. I suspect that
- most won't.
-
- If there is not a way to get the above program to compile, link and
- execute, however, then I will have to take back my defense of Microsoft
- in previous postings. I find this hard to believe, however.
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