Re: Linkage revisited

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From: John Max Skaller
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 11:13

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In article <DCn5qw.94G@research.att.com>,
Andrew Koenig <ark@research.att.com> wrote:
>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.

	But that is fine! The interesting thing about the requirement
is that a compatibility claim ought to be documented -- and one that
IS documented can be checked by conformance testers.

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From: maxtal@Physics.usyd.edu.au (John Max Skaller)
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Subject: Re: Linkage revisited
Date: 8 Aug 1995 11:13:52 GMT
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