On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:29 PM, ഓം <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If one was to evolve *c* programming to the next level... > > instead of > #include "idiots." > > I would write > #include "stdio.i" > > Or even better > <<stdio.i >
'#' was chosen as the symbol for the preprocessor. There is no reason to change it. In fact there is very good reason not to change it. Its called backward compatibility. > > Why can't these .h files be called .i files, they are include files > and what better suffix for include files that .i? They are officially called header files. Hence the .h. > Are we still following what some "stdio.h" wrote 15 or more years ago > without bothering to why not change for better? > No. We are doing it for very good reason. > Why can't compilers be built to have these files included at any place > in the program other than at the start? Did you try including a header file somewhere in the middle? I guess not. Please read (and understand) 'The C programming Language' by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie before making uninformed comments on the C language. -aditya -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
