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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 10:28:21 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 03:25:23 -0700
"Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wibbled:
>On 4/4/2025 2:43 AM, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
>
>Try to compile this in a C++ compiler:
>_____________
>#include <stdlib.h>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>int main() {
>   void *p = malloc(sizeof(int));
>   int *ip = p;
>   free(p);
>   printf("done\n");
>   return 0;
>}
>_____________
>

$ cc -v
Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.6)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin24.3.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin
$ cc t.c
$ a.out
done

>What am I missing?

You tell me mate.