Re: encapsulating directory operations

On 29/05/2025 17:55, James Kuyper wrote:

On 5/29/25 08:38, Richard Heathfield wrote:
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You can have new tools without breaking the old ones. We didn't
have to change BCPL to get B, or B to get C, or C to get D or C++.
>
This really is a very simple point, but perhaps a simple analogy
will help to clarify it. You don't throw out your 3/4" just
because you've bought a 19mm. There is room for both in the
toolbox, and why write 3/4" on your new spanner? It /isn't/ a
3/4" spanner even though it's very like it, so why pretend otherwise?

 That's why C99 is called C99, to distinguish it from C90 (and similarly
for later versions).

Yes, I realise that.
Obviously, we disagree about whether it's enough of a distinction to do the job.
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