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  2. From: ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Compiler should generate virtual destructors
  5. Message-ID: <24679@alice.att.com>
  6. Date: 22 Jan 93 13:01:52 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: alice.24679
  8. References: <1992Dec31.050150.28929@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <lkc2k7INNajv@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <harvey.727664973@regina>
  9. Reply-To: ark@alice.UUCP ()
  10. Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ
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  13. In article <harvey.727664973@regina> harvey@opl.com (Harvey Reed) writes:
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  15. > I like this! Compilers could have "compatibility" switches, but for 
  16. > those of us who would rather do it ourselves, we could use the
  17. > full strength version.
  18.  
  19. The trouble with compatibility switches is that they force people
  20. who care about portability to write in the intersection of the language
  21. accepted in the two modes.
  22. -- 
  23.                 --Andrew Koenig
  24.                   ark@europa.att.com
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