Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!taumet!mike From: mike@taumet.com (Michael S. Ball) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: namespace (rethought & reiterated) Message-ID: <592@taumet.com> Date: 7 Feb 91 17:27:10 GMT References: <1991Feb4.231633.4164@cbnewsm.att.com> <4e2Gwz9f@cs.psu.edu> <1991Feb6.155227.553@mathcs.sjsu.edu> Reply-To: mike@taumet.UUCP (Michael S. Ball) Distribution: usa Organization: Taumetric Corporation, San Diego Lines: 17 In article <1991Feb6.155227.553@mathcs.sjsu.edu> horstman@mathcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann) writes: >I for one wish that the ANSI C++ committee had the courage to address >these issues and do these cleanups [I have lots more to suggest] once >and for all, no matter how much C code they break. Of course their choice >of the ARM as the "base document" doesn't look promising. The ANSI committee doesn't feel that it has a mandate to develop a new language, but rather to standardize an existing one. Almost all of the problem areas in C++ are those where the desire to maintain C compatibility clashed with the desire to support some new feature. Many of us would like to get rid of them. Those of us who want to see C++ used are pretty well resigned to their continued presence. It's not a matter of courage at all. -- Michael S. Ball mike@taumet.com TauMetric Corporation (619)697-7607