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Hmm, if I may interject: Agreed we don't have a standard in the sense of ANSI C++ yet, however we do have three things at this date: an ANSI C standard, a reasonable C++ document, and Bjarne Stroustrup (and not necessarily in that order that puts us in a very very good postition in terms of why we are fortunate that C++ hasn't gotten into a mess). That's why I don't think it's folklore and prior art. On the other hand, it ain't perfect either. WIth that in mind, although most people, myself included, will use cfront to see how something works, it should really only be used as a guide as it is only an implementation, albeit a very popular one. Agreed that with much that's all we have to work with in some lights, however the RM does rule.