It was thus said that the Great Swift Griggs once stated:
>
> I don't want to bolt
> on anything else, just let me define the same function twice with two
> different parameter lists and I'll be one happy dude.
The problem with that is the function name mangling (in object files)
needs to be
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Paul Koning wrote:
> > What have they added? I recall hearing of someone doing some language
> > that requires a runtime with garbage collection and trying to call it
> > C, which to my mind would be a huge mistake - is that C11?
> That might have been D, which seems
> On Apr 29, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Mouse wrote:
>
>>> I [...] have found C++11 added some nice things.
>> Both C++11 and C11 really have me excited. It's a kick in the butt
>> to the compiler makers.
>
> What have they added? I recall hearing of someone doing some
>> I [...] have found C++11 added some nice things.
> Both C++11 and C11 really have me excited. It's a kick in the butt
> to the compiler makers.
What have they added? I recall hearing of someone doing some language
that requires a runtime with garbage collection and trying to call it
C, which
On Thu, 28 Apr 2016, Ben Sinclair wrote:
> it and Apple's SDKs felt, but appreciate a lot of that now.
I've heard they have a lot of boilerplate code, but it sounds like there
is some reason to it, if you got cozy with it.
> I'm doing some embedded C++ work right now too, and often wish I could
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Swift Griggs
wrote:
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> It's had at least a mediocre run. I mean, they used it for NeXTStep apps
> too. It's been around for quite a while with a pretty solid core of
> adherents. A C++ god that I used to work with called it "C++ without
On Thu, 28 Apr 2016, Paul Koning wrote:
> Did it really? It is used in the Mac, much as Bliss was in VMS, but
> apart from that, would anyone use it?
It's had at least a mediocre run. I mean, they used it for NeXTStep apps
too. It's been around for quite a while with a pretty solid core of
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> On Apr 27, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. <je...@merlintec.com>
> wrote:
> ...
> O
> On Apr 27, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote:
> ...
> Objective-C was the only other C derivative to have a significant
> impact.
Did it really? It is used in the Mac, much as Bliss was in VMS, but apart from
that, would anyone use it?
paul