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#C++ types

    09-Mar-90 14:49:12
Sb: #24407-#C++ types
Fm: John M. Dlugosz 74066,3717
To: Al Stevens 71101,1262
I guess we're coming from two different worlds. I'm working on defining the language, and have studied the language long before I could actually compile it. I see the _bugs_ in the compiler then when I try to use them. So your book is specific to Zortech 1.06's implementation of C++, or do you point out things that may be "implementation specific", or what? And how do you explain overloading? ZTC 1.07 rules, C++ 1.2 rules, ZTC's 2.06 rules (almost got the 1.2 stuff right), C++ 2.0 rules, cfront's implementaion (2.0 or 2.1?) or "what he meant"? That is a thorny issue. In my beginner's book I'm teaching 2.0, but am explaining the ideas and pointing out that fine points are implementation specific, so you have to avoid doing anything too tricky. –John