[Info-vax] Clang

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2022-11-16 02:42:46 +0000, Dave Froble said:

> I'm curious.  While I don't know diddly about C++, I'm wondering about 
> all the rather often upgrades to the standard.  Was it that bad to 
> begin with?  Does it really need such constant upgrades?

To remain competitive, most actively-maintained languages, tools, and 
products receive updates and upgrades.

Shifting competitive and feature and expectations baselines can be 
subtle and gradual effects. Right up until they're not.

Sometimes fixing a problem or limit within an existing case. Sometimes 
with feature or tool or API/ABI deprecations.

You are well familiar with the effects arising on a platform and with 
tooling that hasn't particularly received updates and upgrades, of 
course.

With DEC BASIC from years ago, removing the need for (most) line 
numbers was a nice enhancement. Got rid of a whole lot of unnecessary 
clutter. There are other obvious or potential enhancements for BASIC, 
as well.




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