From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Bill Gooch Subject: Re: Exceptions as objects (was Re: What is wrong with OO ?) Date: 1997/02/07 Message-ID: <32FB70AB.33C0@iconcomp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 215118194 references: <5acjtn$5uj@news3.digex.net> <32dd9fc8.262114963@news.sprynet.com> <5cu43v$jkn@nntpa.cb.lucent.com> <5d93d3$nhs$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <5dds5b$gcs@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <01bc14ab$3ce476e0$752d54c7@vbykov.hip.cam.org> <5def36$rjd@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <01bc1513$e030fcc0$752d54c7@vbykov.hip.cam.org> x-rtcode: 7a6fe51b325605bae9fb6e7e content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Icon Computing mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: bill@iconcomp.com newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) Date: 1997-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Vassili Bykov wrote: > > .... > I didn't mean to be dense--I said that only because if we extend the > meaning of "standard library" to include standard macros always known to > the compiler then what is the difference between "part of the library" and > "part of the language"? Why should there be such a difference in practice, regardless of the nature of the extension? -- William D. Gooch bill@iconcomp.com Icon Computing http://www.iconcomp.com Texas liaison for the International Programmers Guild For IPG info, see http://www.ipgnet.com/ipghome.htm