Re: What a translation unit is.

From: Gavin Deane (deane_gavin_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: 28 Nov 2003 07:49:51 -0800

"ellie fant" <pcrcutitout1000011@uko2.co.uk> wrote in message news:<1070007032.14335@news.minx.net.uk>...
> "Gavin Deane" <deane_gavin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:6d8002d0.0311270457.3632aad6@posting.google.com...
> > Since these opinions seem to be shared by lots of experienced
> > programmers here, some of whom have used Microsoft compilers and
> > linkers, most (if not all) of whom have used non-Microsoft compilers
> > and linkers, and some of whom have been doing so since before
> > Microsoft produced compilers or linkers, it surprises me that you
> > don't take their collective experience over Microsoft's careless
> > documentation.
>
> LOL An anti microsoft person?

What makes you say that? You have referred to Microsoft documentation
(MSDN) as if you think it is the definitive authority on C and C++
programming, which it is not. That is not an anti-MS statement
because, as far as I know, MS has never claimed to be the definitive
authority. Any compiler vendor can make mistakes in the documentation.
I doubt there are any who haven't. In the case of a contradiction
between the language standard and the compiler documentation, it is
the compiler documentation that is wrong by definition[*]. Even if the
documentation was written by Microsoft. It might hurt you to
acknowledge that, but you'll be better off in the long run.

I have only mentioned MS at all because you chose to cite the
documentation. As soon as someone else provided the _whole_ paragraph
for context, it became clear that a word had been missed out. The
replacement of "translation units" with "translated translation units"
clarifies the paragraph. And shows that MS does not share your
definition of TU in the context of C and C++.

[*] Unless, of course, the documentation expalins that it is deviating
from the standard deliberately.

> Why is it when microsoft products costs more that it is still BY FAR the
> most popular software in the world?
> YOU are in no position to say MSDN's documentation is careless. (the only
> careless text around here is your nonsense). And it would benefit this group
> so much if you stopped posting your ***.

Right. And how exactly does your offensive language help people to
learn C or C++? 

-- 
GJD