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Unified C and C++ front end (was Re: New C parser [patch])
On Oct 25, 2004, at 6:03 PM, Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
Ziemowit Laski wrote:
So I take it there is no hope of the divergence being halted (let
alone reversed)? Or am I the only one who sees this divergence as an
aberration? :-)
I haven't looked in on the debate for many months, but it boils down
to the C++ people feeling that C99 was unnecessarily incompatible, and
the C folk stating that they had no obligation to remain compatible
with C++. Many of the differences are subtle, and some difficult to
resolve in a common fashion.
I highly recommend David Tribble's excellent synopsis of the
differences at:
http://david.tribble.com/text/cdiffs.htm
Another useful summary, "written in support of the view that
C/C++incompatibilities can and should be eliminated," is the following
series of articles:
http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=8011/cuj0207stroustr/
http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=8010/cuj0208stroustr/
http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=8009/cuj0209stroustr/
--Matt