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Article #26050Re: LightSpeed C, and C++ (what the
From: viking
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1988 23:11
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1988 23:11
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>>From article <702@hqda-ai.UUCP>, by arbaugh@hqda-ai.UUCP (Bill Arbaugh):
>> In article <76000138@uiucdcsp>, gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>>> I believe that C++ was designed so it could be implemented with a
>>> preprocessor (a more sophisticated proprocessor than M4, which brings
>>> #include and #define to C programming).
>> The C++ by AT&T is somewhat like a preprocessor, but it also plays
>> with the objects upon exit and etc.
> But I think that if you have a look at what the C++ compiler really
> does, you will be more than willing to call it a compiler. If you can
> get a look at source, you'll be the more sure.
Maybe so, but when Brian Kernighan lectured about C++ at Purdue University
back in 1984, he described as a pre-processor too.
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Joni Backstrom "Yah sure...we gonna have fun, you bet!"
Computer Science Department
Indiana University ARPA: viking@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!viking From: viking@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: LightSpeed C, and C++ (what the Message-ID: <3600023@iuvax> Date: 7 Mar 88 23:11:00 GMT References: <6894@drutx.ATT.COM> Organization: Indiana University CSCI, Bloomington Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:drutx.ATT.COM:6894:iuvax:3600023:000:1013 Nf-From: iuvax.cs.indiana.edu!viking Mar 7 18:11:00 1988