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From: joe@proto.COM (Joe Huffman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: best extension for C++ source files
Summary: Zortech accepts .cpp, .cxx, .cc, .c++
Message-ID: <1398@proto.COM>
Date: 23 Aug 90 06:45:58 GMT
References: <124@tdatirv.UUCP>
Organization: Prototronics; Sandpoint, Idaho
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In article <124@tdatirv.UUCP>, sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:
> 
> 	Is there any consnsus yet on what extension to use for C++ source
> files? I have seen '.C', '.cpp', '.cxx, '.cc', and even '.c'!  Is there
> any favorite, and is any of these used by more than one C++ compiler?


You forgot to ask about the '.hpp' files (or is '.h').  :-)

Zortech assumes .c is a 'C' file, .cpp, .cxx, .cc, and .c++ are 'C++' files 
and invokes either the C code parser or the C++ code parser.

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