From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: C++, complex, etc
Organization: Pin Eight Software  http://pineight.8m.com/
Message-ID: <eimdisgelllqsd9bblv0j905g4urua5eb9@4ax.com>
References: <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1000517101641 DOT 4709E-100000 AT is> <39224964 DOT BBFA67CB AT mtu-net DOT ru> <8fu3ke$fd0$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE> <3922E117 DOT 561584EE AT mtu-net DOT ru> <8g0bq1$b09$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE>
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Lines: 40
X-Trace: +r2abgze48eYua2/QL8z7vjtRVr/VgDhqwsNByUPl2BEDJQBq6WfjIdPgGKzkz6WDFJdDQ1sIxrG!lrJXYOe79gzGX++pCif43WwxerE2vX47bRNcoSE8mXkcgN7wh9t4DK5prPe0naaMQj4R/4ttBmFW!qqeVXfI=
X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net
X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers
X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 18:35:58 GMT
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 18:35:58 GMT
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On 18 May 2000 09:06:09 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker
<broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:

>Alexei A. Frounze <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru> wrote:
>> Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
>>> Alexei A. Frounze <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru> wrote:
>>> > So why should I use C++ library, if it's not standartized?
>>> 
>>> It *is* standardized. But most of the compilers haven't implemented
>>> all of that standard, yet.
>
>> Is standard or is <being> standartized? Why so long?
>
>As someone else in this thread so nicely put it: it *is* standardized,
>but so far only on paper, not in the form of compilers and libraries,
>yet.

That was mine.
  message-id: m545iss5oq027req5bsshh81sh45l1h5st AT 4ax DOT com

>I wanted to point out that you were making a totally unjustified
>assumption.  You say you don't need size_t, if size_t and int are
>effectively the same thing. The 'if' in that sentence is the crucial
>part: this 'if' cannot be tested by the program.

It can, however, be tested at compile time, right?

#if sizeof(size_t) == sizeof(unsigned int)
  foo();
#else
  bar();
#endif

-- 
Damian Yerrick
"I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason."
See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html

This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to
prevent the spread of signature viruses.  http://www.mcafee.com/