[TIB] C vs C++
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[TIB] C vs C++
I was watching this thread and thought that you should be complimented. I am
a professional programmer and have gotten into thinking of C as just a light
version of C++. But you are entirely correct, the two really should not be
compared to each other!
Jan Zumwalt
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From: ti-basic-bounce@lists.ticalc.org
[mailto:ti-basic-bounce@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Arthur J. O'Dwyer
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:46 PM
To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [TIB] Re: ti-basic Digest V2 #107
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Gary Sparkes <kb3hag@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> c++ compilers ALWAYS work for c, c++ is backwards compatable and such
>
> Nitrocloud@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > C++ always contains C.
> >
Even though this thread is now way off-topic, I must point out that
C and C++ are not really compatible in either direction; there is quite
a lot of C code that is not at all compatible with modern C++, and at
least in theory a C++ compiler COULD refuse to compile programs that
use <stdio.h>, do not cast the result of malloc(), contain pathological
comment constructs, or any number of other things!
Usually it's a safe bet that your C++ compiler has C support, but
it's not a given. I suggest reading comp.lang.learn.c-c++ for more
(on-topic) information.
-Arthur
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