Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!hacgate!ashtate!dbase!awd From: awd@dbase.UUCP (Alastair Dallas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: C++ for the Mac Summary: Upwardly compatible, not downward Message-ID: <188@dbase.UUCP> Date: 7 Aug 89 23:59:46 GMT References: <2278@husc6.harvard.edu> <786@cbnewsk.ATT.COM> <4400@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM> Organization: Ashton Tate Devlopment Center Glendale, Calif. Lines: 24 In article <4400@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM>, jasons@frosty.CNA.TEK.COM (Jason Scheck) writes: > I just got my Think C 4.0 upgrade notice, and found it to be somewhat > confusing. I quote the last two lines of one of the paragraphs in the > letter. > > > The object extensions inTHINK C are similar to Object Pascal as defined > > by Apple Computer. The syntax is based on C++, and is upwardly > > compatible with C++. > > The last sentence gets me... > > Jason Scheck > jasons@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM Your problem is that you think that "upwardly compatible" means that THINK C will compile C++ programs. What it really means is that AT&T C++ will be able to compile programs you write in THINK C. I got my notice last week, too, a few hours after I called Symantec to complain that I hadn't received it. Symantec let me order by phone with my Visa, and for $2.50 extra, they'll ship it UPS Blue! Hope this information benefits anyone out there who is as anxious as I am for 4.0. /alastair/