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From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: C style (was Re: extern)
Message-ID: <1990Jul8.145418.3368@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: 8 Jul 90 18:54:18 GMT
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hannum@haydn.psu.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
>"... preprocessor games, ..."?  It's not a game.  It's a perfectly ligitimate
>use of the C preprocessor.  If we weren't supposed to use it, it wouldn't be
>included (based C's minimalist philosophy).

Are you claiming that all of the obfuscated C contest winners are legitimate C
programs?  Would you like to have to maintain them?