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From: robert@pvab.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: .cc isn't so great
Message-ID: <240@pvab.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 88 08:16:09 GMT
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> > We just use .cxx and .hxx, which is the Glockenspiel standard.  The
> > "x's" are just little pluses turned 45 degrees :-).
> 
> Okay, I'll bite:  why not just ".c++" and ".h++"?

Because some (most?) operating systems except for UNIX will not let
you use anything but alpha-numeric ones. And most are case-insensitive,
too.