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> It was proposed by Walter and denied by Stroustroup, probably to save C++. Citation needed. For starters, where is the paper?
by motorest 1y ago
> It was proposed by Walter and denied by Stroustroup, probably to save C++.
Citation needed.
For starters, where is the paper?
- shakna 1y agoWell, there's this list Stroustrup offers, of systems in C++ that he would reject: [0] [0] https://open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2018/p0977r0.pdf https://open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2018/p0977r0...
- pjmlp 1y agoOne vote, C++ isn't a BDFL driven language. Also WG14 famously killed Dennis Ritchie proposal to add fat pointers to C. Language authors only have symbolic value once they relish control to a standards body.