In article <3662E444.651E0DC@pobox.com>, Bill Seymour  <bsey@pobox.com> wrote:

> If I remember right, WG21 asked SC22 for a resolution stating that
> C++ need not conform to future C standards, WG14 supported that
> position, and SC22 eventually passed the resolution.  So it's not
> fair to imply that the C++ committee is trying valiantly to be
> compatible with C while the C committee goes merrily on its way.

Yes indeed.  That happened right after WG21 asked WG14 about the
impact of C9X features on the ability of C++ to maintain C compatibility,
and WG14 said their schedule didn't allow them time to answer.
--
    Andrew Koenig
    ark@research.att.com
    http://www.research.att.com/info/ark



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Nathan Myers wrote:
>
> Many, perhaps most, members of the C committee (including those
> I talked to in Santa Cruz) really don't care if C9x ends up
> incompatible with C++, and might indeed prefer it.
>
> [snip]
>
> I suspect we will see C and C++ diverge, simply because as much as we
> in the C++ community want them to remain compatible, it does not appear
> that many of those entrusted with C's evolution agree.
>

If I remember right, WG21 asked SC22 for a resolution stating that
C++ need not conform to future C standards, WG14 supported that
position, and SC22 eventually passed the resolution.  So it's not
fair to imply that the C++ committee is trying valiantly to be
compatible with C while the C committee goes merrily on its way.
In fact, both committees care very much about compatibility, and
both know that it's not 100% realizable.  (And as an aside, I can
tell you that, when our C++ liason talks, everybody in J11/WG14
shuts up and listens.  It's amazing to feel such quiet attention
descend on the room.)

--Bill Seymour


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