From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-21 07:54:59
From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> Now, why did we have to go and define the language that way?
> Function-style casts weren't part of 'C', were they?
No, but they were part of C++ "1.0", and probably part of "C with classes"
too, long before templates and new style casts. Somehow they never got
fixed.