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>The answer in all cases is C.

Starting to sound like a broken record. No, the answer in all cases can also be found in C++, and understood in C++ terms alone. C++ is a SUPERSET of C, not just an arbitrary language + C.



cheers for the broken record warning.

i will now abstain from further conversation - i will leave you with this - i don't care to read your answer in case i have to respond and you might have to deal with some more repetition:

using the language of sets, the set of C++ minus the set of C, with what is now left:

how can you explain the things i have listed?


>how can you explain the things i have listed?

As evolution within the same language. Inconsistent ideas ironed out for more uniform and safer handling.

A lot of used languages have similar historical warts...

How do you explain "var" in JS, when "let" exists?




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