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From: jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: The __cplusplus macro - is it portable?
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Date: 27 Nov 90 17:27:34 GMT
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In article <5954@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, rhys@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley) writes:
> The subject should say it all :-).  Basically, Turbo C++ has the macro
> __cplusplus which is defined when Turbo C++ is compiling using C++ conventions.

Yes, __cplusplus is part of the draft language standard.

Enter broken record mode:

Professional C++ programmers should have a copy of "The Annotated C++ Reference
Manual" by Ellis & Stroustrup, which answers all questions like these.

Exit broken record mode.

extern "C" is also part of the standard.

No compiler really agrees with E&S in all respects (probably cfront 2.1
comes closest, but I haven't used it).  If your compiler disagrees with
E&S, complain to the vendor or mail a bug report.

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Joe Buck
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