Re: Instr()

Michael C wrote:
"dpb" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f9b23p$mr0$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
You could but it would fly in the face of every similar programming language convention and even Standard which describe such as "intrinsics". Fortran is one specific very parallel-structured language in which the description/usage is actually formalized in an ISO Standard.

Does C++ actually have any intrinsic functions? ...

You didn't comprehend or simply skipped over the qualifier "similar" in the phrase "similar programming language".

C/C++ are not similar languages to VB in that regards. Fortran is, however, and most folks have at least some passing acquaintanceship so I chose it for the example. Not all languages follow the same philosophy of their structure, hence not all terms are applicable to each or, in "Standard-speak", the same term may have different and possibly even conflicting definitions between a Standard for two languages. Offhand, I don't know if the C/C++ Standards use the word "intrinsic" for anything or not.

In C/C++, what are intrinsics in BASIC/Fortran/VB are defined as part of the standard library (which is also defined in the appropriate Standard and referred to in that manner (not as an "API") ).

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