[OT] Visual C++ question

[gaf at gaf.blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:50:52 -0500
"Chuck Young" <chy at genuity.com> wrote:

> I used Borland a while ago ('96) and all my C code got saved as *.cpp.
> 
> If there is a reason the complier needs to process using just the C
> subset of C++, I think that's what Jerry wants to know.  Windows likes
> three character suffixes and probably does not understand *.c
C is not a subset of C++ and C++ is not a superset of C. There are C
constructs that are illegal in C++ and conversely there are constructs
in C++ that are different in C. 

I think that Grant answered my question. The suffix alone will not force
VC++ to shift to C mode. 
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