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From: merlyn@rose3.rosemount.com (Brian Westley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Leo's ANSI C Flame
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Date: 8 Jul 88 16:53:54 GMT
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Leo complains about ANSI C:
>[my complaints] are mostly based on second-hand information from a
>knowledgeable person who has his ear to comp.lang.c, and who has been
>using C since way before it became a chic language:

Leo, most of your arguments are full of half-truths, or misinformation.

I suggest you learn more about the ANSI C proposal firsthand.
Or read comp.lang.c (you would have seen Dennis's reply to the latest
proposal, the demise of noalias, how strlen("foo") can be optimized to 3,
how to tell C to use your strlen() & not the library's, how ((x+3)+5)
can be optimized to (x+8) even though parentheses are respected (using the
as-if rule, if your compiler ignores integer overflow), and other goodies)

If you simply want to vent your spleen, followups to alt.flame.  If you have
real ANSI C questions, use comp.lang.c or (better) comp.std.c

Merlyn LeRoy