Saturday, February 04, 2006

U.K. objects to Microsoft's proposed C++ extensions: "Some industry watchers see Microsoft's attempt to add extensions to the C++ standard as a sign of troubles to come, as Microsoft's OpenXML technology moves through the standards process.
FEBRUARY 03, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - U.K. representatives at the International Standards Organization (ISO) are objecting to Microsoft's request to fast-track a specification through the body that would provide a way for developers to directly program applications for the .Net framework using the C++ programming language. The specification, called C++/Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), is too different from the ISO's current C++ standard to have the C++ name tied to it, according to a U.K. paper filed to the ISO."Continuing to identify both languages by the same name ... will cause widespread confusion and damage to the industry and the standard language," the paper said.

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