POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.programming : C vs. C++ : Re: C vs. C++ Server Time
28 Jul 2024 20:31:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: C vs. C++  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 29 Jun 1999 17:45:15
Message: <37793e6b@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:27:45 -0700, Ken wrote:
> I know that the windows version of 3.1 has been compiled using
>msvc6 a C++ compiler. Pov has traditionaly been written in C. Has
>the code all been changed to C++ or does the current windows version
>only have the distinction of being a program written in C and compiled
>with a C++ compiler ?

It's still written in C.  VC6, like most C++ compilers, is quite capable
of falling back on a C grammar when confronted with C source, and that is
exactly what it does.  So what you have is a C program compiled with a
C compiler.


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