Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!dg_rtp!meissner From: meissner@dg_rtp.UUCP (Michael Meissner) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Using the Commercial At sign in C Message-ID: <763@dg_rtp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 08:42:59 EST Article-I.D.: dg_rtp.763 Posted: Wed Dec 17 08:42:59 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 21:06:30 EST References: <1499@brl-adm.ARPA> Reply-To: meissner@dg_rtp.UUCP (Michael Meissner) Organization: Data General (Languages @ Research Triangle Park, NC.) Lines: 12 In article <1499@brl-adm.ARPA> LINNDR%VUENGVAX.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu writes: > Recently, a posting questioned the overloading of '+' for use as an > operator for forcing order of evaluation. Since the commercial '@' sign > is not otherwise used in C (because of it's former as a line kill char > in Version X Unix?), maybe it would be a better choice. Because this ability > is a new ability, maybe its inclusion warrants a new operator. Neither "@", "`", or "$" can be introduced into the C standard because they are not in all character sets (such as 7-bit European, EBCDIC?) -- Michael Meissner, Data General ...mcnc!rti-sel!dg_rtp!meissner