Stewart Gordon wrote:

>> Another valid extension for C++ is ".cc". A single ".c" means C code.
>
> There are a number of extensions sometimes used to refer to C++.

Yet another reason to use D...

>> Many things are written in C to avoid the overhead of the C++ libraries.
> 
> But the libraries don't all have to be linked in, do they?

That is also platform dependant.

--anders

"Anders F Björklund" <afb@algonet.se> wrote in message news:csj1qg$197g$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Stewart Gordon wrote:
>
> >> Another valid extension for C++ is ".cc". A single ".c" means C code.
> >
> > There are a number of extensions sometimes used to refer to C++.
>
> Yet another reason to use D...

It's unfortunate that C++ never standardized on an extension.