On Sep 25, 5:59 pm, Sascha Bohnenkamp <bohnenk...@mevisbreastcare.de>
wrote:
> > Today. The compiler is close to ten years old. At the time it
> > was released, it was one of the better ones

> well really?

> void bla()
> {
> for (int i=0;i<10;i++) ;
> for (int i=0;i<10;i++) ;
> }

> did NOT compile because a scope defect in Visual C++ 6.0

You mean that it did not compile because VC++ 6.0 correctly
implemented scoping as it was defined in what was the de facto
standard (the ARM) when it appeared.

> Even my Lattice C (latter SAS/C++) Compiler for my Amiga with
> C-Front was able to handle this!

So they jumped the gun, and broke needlessly broke existing code
before the standard was fixed.

(And seriously, who cares? Who writes such junk anyway?)

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