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[gtk-list] Re: Why is gtk+ written in C?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Miller)
Wed Oct 14 17:00:45 1998
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 17:00:51 -0400
From: Paul Miller <Paul_Miller@avid.com>
To: Johannes Keukelaar <johannes@nada.kth.se>
CC: gtk-list@redhat.com
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> So, Paul, you admit that even two versions of the same compiler don't
> compile the same code at all (let alone have the executable behave the same
> way), but still you think that C++ is more portable than C? Isn't compiling
> the same code under different compilers one of the preconditions of
> portability?
Well, naturally this would be compiler bugs aside. I'm specifically
referring to the dozens of "C" compilers with various nonstandard hacks
and tricks enabled that people in the GNU world tend to make use of,
while touting a specific set of source as "ANSI". There's only "one" C++
(compiler bugs aside).
I hope that's more clear.
-Paul
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Paul T. Miller | paul@elastic.avid.com
Principal Engineer | Opinions expressed here are my own.
Avid Technology, Inc. - Graphics and Effects Software Group
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