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From: tanner@cdis-1.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Extern variables question
Message-ID: <7746@cdis-1.uucp>
Date: 20 Nov 89 15:01:03 GMT
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In article <316@charyb.COM>, will@charyb.COM (Will Crowder) writes:
) Further, the PC-oid style ...
The "pc-oid" style (occasionally called "ref/def" for references and
definition) pre-dates the IBM-PC.  The "unix-oid" (also known as
"common") style of course also pre-dates the IBM-PC.

The term "common" is meant in the fortran sense, rather than "usual".
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