From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Trouble Compiling C++ with DJGPP
Date: 19 May 2003 10:26:24 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> Because the C++ standard changed, and its support in GCC changed as
> well.  

To put this extra precisely: the C++ standard itself didn't actually
change.  But lots of C++ code and books were written before the C++
finally made it to the press.  

Compilers are _still_ catching up with the changes between
pre-standard C++ idioms and the finally accepted standard.  For GCC,
version 3.0 was the point where rather large steps in this catch-up
process were made --- which in turn broke lots of older non-standard
code, and books that advocated pre-standard C++.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.