Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!haven!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Pointer/array compatibility Message-ID: <19880@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 89 17:27:22 GMT References: <4959@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <4967@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Distribution: na Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 17 Concerning the bogus acceptance of int **ipp; ipp =; in article <4967@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> cs211s14@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Julian Cowley) writes that he was using >The Ultrix 3.1 cc compiler, which I thought was derived from >PCC (i.e., reliable). The Ultrix VAX `cc' compilers (all of them) are derived from buggy 4.2BSD VAX compilers. One would think that, 4.3BSD-tahoe having been out for several years, including its considerably less buggy VAX PCC, DEC might have at least imported some of the more major fixes. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris