From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: C++, fonts and Allegro
Date:	Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:53:46 +0200
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Steamer wrote:
> 
> Chris Mears wrote:
> 
> >>IMHO it's bad practice to write C that won't compile as C++,
> >>but it's certainly possible.
> >
> >What?  Pick a language, and stick with it.  C is *not* C++.
> 
> But it takes very little effort to ensure that a C program compiles
> as C++.

Actually, there are some things that are impossible to write so that they
compile in both C and C++.  Admittedly, such cases are rare, but they do
exist.

These are simply two different languages.

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