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EDG C++ front-end goes public

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kccqzy · 1790799975 · focus · HN ↗
If I remember correctly, EDG was the only C++ implementation that actually attempted to implement the export keyword for templates in old C++. It was this implementation experience that informed the deprecation of export. EDG is a major influence in the development of C++.
1. pjmlp · 1790800601 · focus · HN ↗
  Yes, it was also where C++26 static reflection was prototyped, as another example of its influence.
  One of EDG developers prototyped his idea, and brought it to WG21 when it seemed reflection as originally thought for C++17 was never happening.

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