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As the author of the blog post, would you be willing to change its title to "The Jim Roskind C and C++ Grammars"? The text makes it very clear that you know tha
by tom_mellior 6y ago
As the author of the blog post, would you be willing to change its title to "The Jim Roskind C and C++ Grammars"? The text makes it very clear that you know that C and C++ are separate languages, and that the archives actually contain separate grammar files for these separate languages. As they should.
From past experience I find "C/C++" a very grating term. Back when I was reading comp.lang.c, "C/C++" was used in questions by particular brands of people, who tried to compile C++ with a C compiler, or compile C with a C++ compiler, or use C++ features in what they thought was C, or in general were confused about the fact that there is no single language called "C/C++", but rather two separate, incompatible languages called "C" and "C++". Anyway, wouldn't it be good to not add to the (potential) confusion?
- pjmlp 6y agoBetter tell ISO, NVidia, ARM, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Apple, Google,... to fix their documentation as well.
- tom_mellior 6y agoI know you're just trolling, but I'll take a link to that ISO "C/C++" standard if you have it handy.
- pjmlp 6y agoNot trolling at all, just fed up with "I know better", C/C++ is an abbreviation for C and C++, a very basic English grammar rule. You want a link? Here are several, https://www.arm.com/products/development-tools/server-and-hpc/allinea-studio/cpp-compiler https://www.arm.com/products/development-tools/server-and-hp... https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/videos/new-cc-language-features-in-intel-cc-compiler-160.html https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/videos/... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/c-cpp-language-and-standard-libraries?view=vs-2019 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/c-cpp-language-and-... https://www.ibm.com/products/xl-cpp-aix-compiler-power https://www.ibm.com/products/xl-cpp-aix-compiler-power https://developer.amd.com/amd-aocc/ https://developer.amd.com/amd-aocc/ Ah, from ISO as well, no problem, can I start with one paper from Bjarne? https://isocpp.org/blog/2020/06/thriving-in-a-crowded-and-changing-world-cpp-20062020 https://isocpp.org/blog/2020/06/thriving-in-a-crowded-and-ch... > In addition to these groups, there is a semi-official C/C++ liaison group consisting of people who are members of both the C++ committee and the C committee.... I can provide you more papers from the same author, maybe you feel like educating Bjarne Stroustrup on how to write it.
- choeger 6y agoThe languages are related but quite different. The eco system and ABI are rather similar, though.
- robertelder 6y agohah, because you care so much, I'll go ahead and make that change. It's probably better for SEO anyway. I made the change on my local copy. It will get pushed next time I re-build the site.
- tom_mellior 6y agoAwesome, thanks!