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Subject: Re: what is c++, c, ansi c etc...
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Date: 7 Apr 90 20:31:14 GMT
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In article <DAVIS.90Apr6151002@muscle.pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu  (John E. Davis) writes:
  [ what's life, the universe, and everything? ]

42. ANSI C is the C standard settled upon by ANSI; it's generally better
than the old language, but most C compilers today don't understand it.

> Also what is object oriented programming?

The latest name that young urban computer science types have applied to
the old idea of adding another level of indirection to function calls.

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---Dan