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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: type *var -- vs. -- type* var
Message-ID: <10986@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 9 Sep 89 00:53:04 GMT
References: <4201@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <4201@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> SMITHJ@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
>Why is this allowed?

The only correct answer is "Because Dennis decided to do it that way."