Interview with Stanley Lippman, Mr. Visual C++ 20
Bender writes "Stanley Lippman, who is best known for his work on the C++ language, recently became the head honcho for Microsoft's Visual C++ product. This is a link to a recent interview in which he discusses standards conformance and Microsoft's policy towards C99."
Re:MS puff piece (Score:2, Informative)
to bless VC++ with the C++ logo by
waving Lippmann's name over it, but it's quite
clear in the text of the article that MS has no
intention of implementing C++ or of being
interoperable with conformant implementations of
C++. VC++ is in fact being crushed in the vice
of embrace-and-extend. They don't WANT you to be
able to write portable code, and it's getting
harder every day, not easier.
I'm repeating myself on purpose because
it's true and important, and i don't care
about my karma if the truth is at stake.