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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 16:01:18 -0700
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On 4/2/2025 1:09 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 4/2/2025 8:16 AM, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:12:18 -0000 (UTC)
>> antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) wibbled:
>>> Muttley@dastardlyhq.org wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 10:57:29 +0100
>>>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> wibbled:
>>>>> On 02/04/2025 06:59, Alexis wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thought people here might be interested in this image on Jens 
>>>>>> Gustedt's
>>>>>> blog, which translates section 6.2.5, "Types", of the C23 standard
>>>>>> into a graph of inclusions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     https://gustedt.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/a-diagram-of-c23- 
>>>>>> basic-types/
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So much for C being a 'simple' language.
>>>>
>>>> C should be left alone. It does what it needs to do for a systems 
>>>> language.
>>>> Almost no use uses it for applications any more and sophisticated 
>>>> processing
>>>> using complex types for example are far better done in C++.
>>>
>>> C99 has VMT (variable modified types).  Thanks to VMT and complex types
>>> C99 can naturaly do numeric computing that previously was done using
>>> Fortran 77.  Offical C++ has no VMT.  C++ mechanizms look nicer,
>>
>> Officially no, but I've never come across a C++ compiler that didn't 
>> support
>> them given they're all C compilers too.
> 
> All C++ compilers are also C compilers?

To answer my own sarcastic question: No way. :^)