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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: declaration of functions
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Date: 16 Jun 89 02:14:29 GMT
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Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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>>The other [contradiction] is that variadic functions are not permitted, yet
>>printf() exists.
>
>This is not a contradiction.  The authors stated [that printf() couldn't be
>portably written in C]

Well, maybe "botch" is a better word than "contradiction".  I was quoting
what Dennis Ritchie said parenthetically in his posting to comp.std.c a bit
ago, when he was giving his opinion of the new C.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint