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Re: AIX with Visual Age C compiler fails to compile 2.1 and later
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Akim Demaille |
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Re: AIX with Visual Age C compiler fails to compile 2.1 and later |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:51:32 +0200 |
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>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
>> > but on the other hand we need to be cognizant of the wide variety
>> > of C++ compilers in practical use today, not all of which strictly
>> > conform to the latest standard.
>>
>> 10 years old!?! Then I'd like to know how old was that compiler.
> But the latest C++ standard is C++03, which is only two years old.
No, that's still the same standard, but with corrections where things
were a bit too fuzzy. AFAIK, none of the changes are big enough to
justify the behavior at hand. Next C++ will be something like C++07
or C++08, but currently that's still C++98.
> If you code to the intersection of C++98 and C++03 I guess you have a
> stronger argument (though C++98 is only seven years old, not ten....).
Oops, you're right, 98, not 95 :)
> I think we're pretty much in agreement, though.
We are :)