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Comment by uecker

6 months ago

Maybe, but it is 1995 when it diverged: https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/c Before it was an extension since then it is a fork.

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jacquesm  6 months ago

I don't think we are using the word 'fork' in the same sense.

  • uecker  6 months ago

    Maybe, but I do not see according to which definition of 'fork' C++ before its standardization in 1998 could be considered a fork. It was an extension.

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