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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Trouble of using very large arrays
Date: 23 Apr 2004 09:28:43 GMT
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Alex Vinokur <alexvn AT big DOT foot DOT com> wrote:
> I prefer to compile C-program with C++ compiler.

I'm pretty sure you won't like to hear this, but: that preference is
silly to the point of braindead, and has been for a *long* time,
arguably ever since the first people came up with that idea.

There may have been a point to this strategy back in the days when C++
compilers actually were better at picking up problems in C code than
the C compilers of that time.  But that time is *over*, and has been
for about as long as DJGPP exists.  GCC is way better at finding
problematic C code than G++ can ever be.

What is it that you believe you're going to gain from this, compared
to using the right tool for the task?

*) Use the C++ compiler, for whatever advantages you believe it has, but
   be consequent and write C++ code, then.

*) Write C code and use the C compiler for compiling it.

> $ gpp foo.c
> error: invalid conversion from `void*' to `unsigned int*'

That error is a false negative created by incorrect use of the tools.

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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.