[comp.lang.c++] C++ in non-technical terms

jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) (09/21/90)

    Fortune selected 12 scientists, including three women, as
    ``America's hot young scientists.''

                             . . . 

    Danish-born Bjarne Stroutstrup endeavored to make using computers
    easy with a new program called ``C++'' which replaces many
    cumbersome commands with a few strokes.

So C++ must be the latest in such developments, like UNIX replacing VMS.
;-)

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muyanja@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (bill muyanja) (09/24/90)

In the article, FORTUNE claims that the following is a valid C++ command:

                "OPEN A WINDOW"

Does this mean I can overload the letter "A" in ver. 3.0?     :-) :-)

Bill
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PS nice touch, the smiley!

toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) (09/24/90)

In article <15150003@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> muyanja@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (bill muyanja) writes:
>In the article, FORTUNE claims that the following is a valid C++ command:

>                "OPEN A WINDOW"


They were close!

		"OPEN A WINDOW";

is a valid statement in C++ (or C). Of course it doesn't do anything, but it
*is* valid!

Tom Almy
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