Re^2: Help with g++ (1.36)

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From: Cory Kempf
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1989 22:00

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dwf@prudence.lanl.gov (David W. Forslund) writes:
>I would like to voice my objection to this style for differentiating
>gcc and g++.  I believe it is perfectly within the C++ specification
>to have .c as a suffix for C++ programs.  The suffix should not be the
>distinguishing characteristic of C++ programs necessarily.  Some other
>mechanism should be used to distinguish C++ programs other than the suffix.

Interesting.  I tend to prefer the other POV: that C++ files have
different endings that C files do.  Just like Pascal files have
diferent endings that either C or Fortran.  I even carry the point a
bit further and name my C++ include files with a .hh suffix rather than
the more normal .h suffix.

I think that it is valuable to be able to tell at a glance whether a
file is a C++ file or a C file.  (besides, that way, emacs can call up
the correct major mode!!!!).

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From: kempf@tci.bell-atl.com (Cory Kempf)
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Subject: Re^2: Help with g++ (1.36)
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Date: 17 Oct 89 22:00:52 GMT
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