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From: jasons@frosty.CNA.TEK.COM (Jason Scheck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: C++ for the Mac
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Date: 4 Aug 89 23:05:39 GMT
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I just got my Think C 4.0 upgrade notice, and found it to be somewhat
confusing.  I quote the last two lines of one of the paragraphs in the
letter.

> The object extensions inTHINK C are similar to Object Pascal as defined
> by Apple Computer.  The syntax is based on C++, and is upwardly
> compatible with C++.

The last sentence gets me.  From what has been set on this newsgroup,
Think C doesn't support operator overloading,  among other C++
features.  So how is it that its _syntax_ is compatible with C++,
without having its features.  For instance, if I give it the text:

	class A
	{
	  public:
	...
		A& operator=(int);
	...
	};

which is syntax accepted by cfront, how can Think C accept it without
supporting operator overloading.  Was some marketing person at Symantec
somewhat overzealous?

Jason Scheck
jasons@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM