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[Martin v. Loewis]

> why do c++ users have to suffer so much more than c users?

I believe there is no on-line documentation because everybody has
sufficient printed documentation. For C++, there were always books
describing everything you would need to know, and independent from the
specific compiler. I believe you could have avoided all this analysis
of libg++ if you had used one of Stroustrup's books on C++. In
addition, there is also the standard now, which is available
electronically.

Of course, this is not meant as an excuse - just as an
explanation. And the GNU project would certainly appreciate free
documentation for the free libraries - it's just that somebody has to
write it. As for the format - as the author of the documentation, you
could chose whatever format you chose. man pages, texinfo, HTML,
DocBook would all be fine.

Regards,
Martin