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From: Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 09:43:26 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 16:01:18 -0700
"Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wibbled:
>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. :^)

So name one that isn't. Fairly simple way to prove your point.