Re: Linkage revisited

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From: Andrew Koenig
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 16:56

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In article <1995Aug1.105954.1403@ittpub> wil@ittpub.nl (Wil Evers) writes:

> I can't understand why the committee is having such a hard time over this  
> issue. Why not just require a C++ implementation to specify with which C  
> compiler(s) (and versions) it is compatible on a given platform?

Such a requirement is uninteresting, because
a vendor can simply say `Our C++ implementation is not
compatible with any C compilers' and meet the requirement
that way.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@research.att.com

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Subject: Re: Linkage revisited
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