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From: novak@intvax.UUCP (James L. Novak)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: ANSI C and C++
Message-ID: <3547@intvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 90 18:10:05 GMT
Organization: Sandia National Labs, Org. 1411, Albq, NM
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I apologise if I break any defined protocol re: comp.lang.c--I
am a new subscriber.

I have many ANSI C modules (developed on a PC) that I want to
use on a SPARCstation.  I've seen the problem of ANSI C to C
translators discussed thoroughly here before--I got in in the
middle.

My question is: is C++ a superset of ANSI C such that any C++ 
compiler will take ANSI C and spit out "standard" C (or binary)?
I get conflicting answers, especially with regard to linking th
code to old C libraries (need to use "externc").

If this is true, can't we just all get C++ compilers?

BTW, my SUN rep says V4.1 will include ANSI C--but not till
later this fall.


Jim Novak
Sandia National Labs
novak@cs.sandia.gov or novak@intvax.UUCP, whichever happens to be up....