Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hplsla!jima From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: g++ vs. cfront 2.0 in the Real World Message-ID: <6590194@hplsla.HP.COM> Date: 12 Jul 89 20:24:23 GMT References: <799@redsox.bsw.com> Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA Lines: 10 >What has not been stated is what will be done to protect libg++ and libc >from abuse using one of several crafty tricks. Gee, just what the computing world needs. Link in the wrong library and get a licensing virus in your program. Are standard libraries a part of C++ *the language* or not? Does a conforming C++ compiler have to provide streams? complex numbers? Standard C libraries? -- Kind of hard to do anything without these.