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In article <DIrJvI.I7B@westminster.ac.uk>, ncfee@westminster.ac.uk (Chris Ebenezer) writes:
> I just wondered, is there a body whose function it is to minimize
> incompatibility between future versions of the C and C++ standards.
> i.e So that well written C code continues to work in a C++ environment.

Yes and no.  The C and C++ standards committees are both working groups
of the same standards subcommittee (SC22) which must approve anything
they do.  SC22 has made it clear to both working groups that they are
expected to avoid introducing any gratuitous incompatibilities.  Should
either committee not live up to this expectation, SC22 would presumably
not approve their work and they would have to either fix it or justify
it before it could proceed toward becomming a standard.
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