|> > > What extension do you believe is correct for C++ source code?
|> > > Is a clear majority winner emerging? The contenders are: .C, .c
|> > > and .cxx.
|> >
|> >don't forget .cpp for all us borland users.
|> >
|> >Toodles
|> >Andy
|>
|>
|> That's not just Borland. A lot of other vendors, such as Microsoft and
|> Zortech, use it too. I think the reason why a lot of Unix compiler
|> vendors didn't like .cpp and used .cc, .C, .cxx, etc. was that the name
|> C++ wasn't originally intended to be pronounced "see plus plus", as the
|> ++ operator was originally called the increment operator, and a lot of
|> C programmers considered people who called it "plus plus" to be
|> uneducated. But that has gradually changed over the years, and now the
|> majority calls C++ "see plus plus" and uses .cpp as the filename
|> extension. So we might as well standardize on .cpp, because that's the
|> way it's going anyway and no one can stop it.
Who are you trying to kid? I've been using this language for years and I have only seen .ccp with my Zortech stuff, and I changed that real quick. I like .cc, and having .cpp on UNIX platform which has a cpp executable might be a bit confusing for some people.
