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From: pdg@ihdev.UUCP (P. D. Guthrie)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Is C++ C?
Message-ID: <441@ihdev.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 10:34:22 EST
Article-I.D.: ihdev.441
Posted: Thu Dec 12 10:34:22 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Dec-85 08:35:44 EST
References: <4685@alice.UUCP> <653@bonnie.UUCP>
Reply-To: pdg@ihdev.UUCP (55224-P. D. Guthrie)
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Summary: 

In article <653@bonnie.UUCP> tk@bonnie.UUCP (Tom Kirk) writes:
>In article <4685@alice.UUCP> bs@alice.UucP (Bjarne Stroustrup) writes:
>>Should this one go unanswered?
>>Do we want a net.lang.c++?
>>Do we want to state our claim to be C?
>
>'d like to see C++ have its own group, if for no other reason than so
>that I can avoid having to filter through net.lang.c; the group should
>concentrate on the functionality in C++ which is a superset of C.  (I
>think C++ can maintain its "C" character outside of net.lang.c on its
>own merit). Is C++ widespread enough outside of AT&T to justify a
>netwide newsgroup?
>

We at ATT sites already have our own newsgroup (as I know the above are
aware of), and there have already been some meaningful discussions in
the it.  If non-ATT sites wish to get in on a good thing, or if you are
just interested in seeing discussion on the fine points of a brilliant
and versatile `new' language please post to net.news.group and tell
them.  It has already been demonstrated that there is enough discussion,
and that the net.lang.c people do not want it in that newsgroup.  I am
just a novice in C++, and there is noone around here that I know of to
ask questions of, so I would like to stimulate as much discussion as
possible in order to learn more myself.
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