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> Compare that to looking inside a C++ standard library: It's not impossible, but it's of a completely different nature of normal C++ we might write for a busin
by brnt 4mo ago
> Compare that to looking inside a C++ standard library: It's not impossible, but it's of a completely different nature of normal C++ we might write for a business.
C++ isn't a language, it's a script. Like Latin, it can be used to express English, Polish and Indonesian.
- klausa 4mo agoLatin can't be used to express Polish; at least not without extra letters, at which point I think it ceases to be "just" Latin script? But maybe that was also your point.
- brnt 4mo agoLike Latin, C++98 was just a v1. By the way, what we call Latin now is already an evolved version, slightly tweaked from what Romans used. And before that, Latin itself was derived. My point is that C++ lets you write in very different languages (or dialects your analogy if preference is) that at times appear barely related.
- IsTom 4mo ago> at which point I think it ceases to be "just" Latin script? I draw my line at 'U'.
- tardedmeme 4mo agoWhen the testing is over, 'U' will be... missed.
- mejutoco 4mo agoI like this metaphor. Spanish ñ, Catalan or French ç, German ß. Similarly for ł and other Polish letters. It seems strictly speaking the latin alphabet cannot cover many european languages. But mostly we can say latin can express that. You can write "ss" for German and l for Polish, etc, so it can definitely be used. Source: whatssap messages.
- anthk 4mo agoSpanish: 'ny' as a digraph. Accented vowels (stress marks) and ü -> 'a 'e 'i 'o 'u and maybe :u.
- mejutoco 4mo agoIt seems we agree that the latin alphabet can represent these for Polish, Spanish, etc.
- PapstJL4U 4mo ago"ss" is a different sound in German. Trasse (line/ train path) vs Straße (street)
- mejutoco 4mo agoStill, when ß is not available one can use ss to represent it. Same with l and ł etc