Re:Popular Myths about C++, Part 1
by mikeash on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @09:50AM
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C++ wouldn't exist in that universe.
But if we accept the hypothetical, I think that people in that universe would still identify and separately consider the C-ish subset of C++, much like template metaprogramming is considered its own subset of the language.
So no, I don't think they would understand C++ without first understanding C, even if they didn't call it "C" or consider it to be a completely separate entity.
But if we accept the hypothetical, I think that people in that universe would still identify and separately consider the C-ish subset of C++, much like template metaprogramming is considered its own subset of the language.
So no, I don't think they would understand C++ without first understanding C, even if they didn't call it "C" or consider it to be a completely separate entity.