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Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:33:17 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, chat@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: time_t not to change size on x86
Message-ID:  <3BDFB74D.4EBD3145@mindspring.com>
References:  <XFMail.011030073149.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3BDED411.DDEA0BD7@mindspring.com> <15326.55441.615206.243327@caddis.yogotech.com>

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Nate Williams wrote:
> 
> > > > Java has several problems:
> > >
> > > I still prefer it to C++'s problems. :)
> >
> > These all devolve into programmer issues.  They are no worse
> > than the requirement to use prototypes or the "volatile"
> > keyword, which were added to C.
> 
> You don't *have* to use volatile in C, and the addition of the volatile
> keyword came out of C++ work.  We can blame it on C++.  (I have a friend
> on the C++ standards committee, and we love to give him grief about what
> a joke the language is.)

Actually, there are situations where you _must_ use volatile
to prevent register optimization of variables.


-- Terry

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