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From: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Another pointer size problem
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Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 09:17:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 24 09:17:55 1984
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Let's stop the whole debate about pointer sizes.
Can't we rely on lint for pointing out nonportable pointer use?
In spite of all the alledged "lint problems" recently found in this group,
it is perfectly capable of doing THAT!

P.S. How ofthen do YOU write

    read(fd, &y, sizeof(y));

in programs that are supposed to be portable?  I for me prefer using
the standard I/O library.

Guido van Rossum, {philabs,decvax}!mcvax!guido
Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, (CWI, formerly MC), Amsterdam

"Not afraid of writing it twice"