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From: oacb2@ut-ngp.UUCP (oacb2)
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Subject: Re: Lattice/UNIX incompatibility
Message-ID: <1157@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 22:41:23 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 30 22:41:23 1984
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>>	3. Every declaration of an external variable but
>>	   one must say 'extern'.

> For any linker that supports FORTRAN, this restriction shows a lack of
> imagination on the part of the c compiler writers.  Don't get me started
> on this; it's a favorite flame.

Or, perhaps, just a desire for C to work correctly.  K & R specify this
behavior and doing otherwise invites nonportable code.
-- 

	Mike Rubenstein, OACB, UT Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77550