Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 10:41:49 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: rb@gid.co.uk (Bob Bishop) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, nadav@barcode.co.il, gclarkii@main.gbdata.com Subject: Re: /usr/include/ftpio.h is not C++ safe Message-ID: <199705061741.KAA18811@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <l03020906af9472cfcc63@[194.32.164.2]> from "Bob Bishop" at May 6, 97 06:41:49 am
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> I have *shitloads* of old code around (mostly in clients' systems) which > breaks in subtle and mysterious ways when naively ported to ANSI C. It > often boils down to ANSI having broken the portability of comparing chars > with constants [don't get me started, it's a couple of years since I had a > good rant about that one :-)]. > > -traditional is a life-saver. Heh. I have a CDROM I bought from Walnut Creek that is almost totally K&R code... comp.unix.sources, anyone? "The Liquidators are in control!!! (-trol!) (-trol!)... ACT Now! (-ow!) (-ow!)... All K&R code MUST go! Blowout prices! You haven't seen deals like this! Today and tomorrow only, at the Holiday Inn! (-nn!) (-nn!)" Why do I feel the ANSI people are selling the history of the UNIX culture down the river? Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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