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Subject:Re: Advice needed on "Include" files From:Linda Sherman <linsherm -at- GTE -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:51:59 -0400
Brian, Flaherty wrote:
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> Thomas, et. al.:
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> Depends on the programming language.
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> C/C++ programmers referred to them as header files (*.H files).
Careful! :)
All header files are include files in C/C++, but not all include files
are header files. See my posting elsewhere to this thread.
Also, *.H (or *.hpp) is usually a C++ header. A C header is usually *.h.
L.
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Linda K. Sherman <linsherm -at- gte -dot- net>
Freelance Writer: Technical - Business - Government
