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From: gore@eecs.nwu.edu (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Should C++ follow C's footsteps?
Message-ID: <8180019@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 89 02:43:00 GMT
References: <4800051@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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In article <4800051@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, wsmith@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> I think it is time for C++ to be emancipated from backward compatability 
> with C at the source level.

/ comp.lang.c++ / ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) / Feb 11, 1989 /
>Interesting thought.  What incompatibilities would you think
>would be worthwhile having?

Change the declaration syntax.  Can someone name another language for which
people write "declaration interpreter" tools?

Jacob Gore				Gore@EECS.NWU.Edu
Northwestern Univ., EECS Dept.		{oddjob,gargoyle,att}!nucsrl!gore