C++ types

[Karl Larsen]

Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 15:26 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>>     When I was MUCH younger and using an old Fortran because that was 
>> what we had, I learned about the subtle changes you can make by a simple 
>> change. I tried to compile some of my old code on the Linux Fortran 97 
>> and they would all error out. I fixed them and it was not too hard. 
>> Around 1970 I got interested in C. I still have books of that vintage 
>> and was amazed that Unix was made with C. At that time I think ANCI C 
>> was in style.
>>     
>
> That would have been the dialect known as "K&R C"--the language
> described in the original edition of Kernighan and Ritchie's book.
>
> I believe the ANSI C (later ISO C) standard was adopted in the early
> '90s.  It added function prototypes and standardized the library, among
> other changes.
>
> There is now a new C standard (nicknamed "C99"), which includes some
> additional features.  Most compilers haven't fully implemented this
> version yet.
>
> The best references for comparison of the various C versions are the
> various editions of the Harbison and Steele book.  At least the 4th
> edition also has a good discussion of the relationship between C and C++
> and how to write code that is as close as possible to portable between
> the two languages.
>
>   
    You have it right Matt. I recall it was K&R C at first and there 
were few libraries you could include. It was much later ANSI-C showed up 
and it was much nicer. I never got real interested in C++ because I 
never used it to make a living.



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