Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 4/2/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hogpc!houxe!drutx!qwerty From: qwerty@drutx.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: 6 char externs and the ANSI standard Message-ID: <1286@drutx.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 09:54:27 EDT Article-I.D.: drutx.1286 Posted: Fri Oct 12 09:54:27 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 07:39:27 EDT References: <12792@sri-arpa.UUCP> <454@voder.UUCP> <1570@nsc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 7 As one who was just bit by trying to port software (my own, unfortunately) from a machine that understood externs > 6 characters to a modern Vax 11/780 that didn't, I am all for encouraging anything that will get Dec's software out of the dark ages molded around 6 bit ASCII notation and label syntax carried up from OS-8 operating systems. POX on 6 character externs. Brian Jones