From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Namespaces
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 18:14:51 -0300
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> I think we'll see a lot of C++ stuff migrating over to C such as try and
> catch.  Then the problem will be how to differentiate C from C++.  Like,
> is the goal of C to be a sort of "C++-lite" without classes?  For
> example:  if you do a lot of low-level hardware stuff and/or need a low
> memory footprint and low CPU usage, then use C over C++.  But then again
> C++ compilers are fast catching up to C compilers in terms of executable
> size and speed, so the point may come where we may have to say "why not
> just merge C with C++" since there's so much diffusion back and forth.
	Well, since C++ is (basically) a superset of C, that has aldready happened. 
I don't understand any advantages to using C over C++ other than the possible
difference in optimization/memory footprint.  What does C have that C++
doesn't?  [and I don't mean things like slightly different syntax]
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