Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!halley!bc From: bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: .cc isn't so great Message-ID: <373@halley.UUCP> Date: 13 Jun 88 02:24:18 GMT References: <6041@well.UUCP> <566@goofy.megatest.UUCP> <8076@elsie.UUCP> <240@pvab.UUCP> Reply-To: bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews) Organization: Tandem Computers, Austin, TX Lines: 18 In article <240@pvab.UUCP> robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) writes: >> 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. Uh, some OSes don't let you use periods, either, you know. Why would one want to try to standardize an OS thing in the language? I can see standardizing the fact that certain options will be available and will do certain things, but you really want to pin down the *exact syntax* for *all* OSes? Maybe we should just pick the few (Unix, DOS, ...) we really care about and maybe offer guidelines for others. -bc -- Bill Crews bc@halley.UUCP (512) 244-8350 ..!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!halley!bc