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Everyone writing C++ is following the standard. The people that often reference it directly are the compiler people. But if we are going to try and be stupid ab
by phkahler 3y ago
Everyone writing C++ is following the standard. The people that often reference it directly are the compiler people. But if we are going to try and be stupid about it we can ignore the compiler engineers opinions too - they're just implementing an arbitrary specification that won't impact anyone but them anyway right?
- binary132 3y agoWell no, users of C++ compilers are using an abstract, encapsulated, and portable interface to it, which makes their code automatically follow the standard (if it cares at all). That's the whole point, isn't it? I don't need to know what size the standard dictates const char* must be, I can just use it and it works.