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From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 16:12:50 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 17:28:42 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> gabbled:
>On 04/04/2025 16:02, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
>>> You are using a combined C and C++ compiler in C mode, and it compiles
>>> the C program as C.  In that sense, most C++ compilers are also C
>> 
>> Err yes! Thats the whole point!!
>> 
>
>Then if we back up the thread to where you said C programmers could just 
>use a C++ compiler to get new features, you were clearly wrong.  Of 
>course, we all knew you were wrong already, the only question was in 
>what way you were wrong.

You think having to add an extra cast is so onorous that it doesn't count
as C any more? Any decent C dev would add it by default. Obviously I don't
include you in that grouping.