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From: sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: A question of commas
Message-ID: <1989Dec8.205255.29268@aqdata.uucp>
Date: 8 Dec 89 20:52:55 GMT
References: <1989Dec8.122534.1253@virtech.uucp>
Organization: aQdata, Inc.  Western Region -- San Dimas, CA
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From article <1989Dec8.122534.1253@virtech.uucp>, by cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill):
> In article <1989Dec7.192215.27671@aqdata.uucp>, sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes:
>> 
>> But more programmers (BASIC, pascal, etc.) use "i = i + 1", and using "i++"
>> assumes future programmers working with the code know C.  Obviously, the
>> first choice is the correct choice :-|.
> 
> When I am writing a C program, I expect future programmers that will be working
> with it to know C.  If not, then I should have written it in a different
> language.

1) Somebody can't read little smirking faces.

2) If we can assume that C programmers will be maintaining C code (a reasonable
   assumption) then they should be able to understand commas.
-- 
Michael Sullivan          uunet!jarthur.uucp!aqdata!sullivan
aQdata, Inc.
San Dimas, CA