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In article <1if5q2INN8pj@tsavo.hks.com> webb@tsavo.hks.com (Peter Webb) writes:
>
>On Dec. 11, 1992, I surveyed the Net to determine the most popular extension
>to use for C++ code.  Each respondent was permitted multiple votes.
>Here are the results:
>[table omitted]
>The distribution of the votes is very interesting.  The .C extension got the
>most votes, but more people voted against than for it, though not by an
>overwhelming majority.
>[more omissions...]
> The .cc extension is the least controversial, with only
>a single respondent objecting to it.
>
>Note that this distribution is counter to the advice given in the FAQ, which
>recommends .C for Unix machines and .cpp or .cxx for DOS and OS/2.
>
>Respondents agreed that there was no standard or consensus yet.

If you're really looking for a "standard", then you have no choice but
to rule out both .C and .c++, since there are operating systems that
will not support them. Of the remaining choices you listed, only  .cc
and   .cpp   got more favorable votes than unfavorable. I found that
interesting, since those are the extensions I use (the first on UNIX,
and the second on MS-DOS). It would be really nice if everybody
agreed on some common extension; I'm tired of wrting batch files to
rename things, and shell scripts to build symbolic links when I switch
from one platform to the other.

Kevin Coombes <krc@math.umd.edu>