Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!aplcen!samsung!umich!sharkey!amara!mcdaniel From: mcdaniel@adi.com (Tim McDaniel) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: C Trivia Question Message-ID: Date: 18 Sep 90 15:05:19 GMT References: <1990Sep17.214906.20076@odin.corp.sgi.com> Sender: news@adi.COM Organization: Applied Dynamics International, Inc.; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Lines: 13 In-reply-to: mtoy@sgi.com's message of 17 Sep 90 21:49:06 GMT mtoy@sgi.com (Michael Toy) writes: Can you think of a C statement which a compiler accepts that has a really long string of C keywords, with no operators between them? According to Kernighan and Richie (and They Should Know), "sizeof" is an operator. It's a pity, because sizeof sizeof sizeof sizeof sizeof sizeof ... sizeof sizeof 0 is such an appealing candidate. -- Tim McDaniel Applied Dynamics Int'l.; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Work phone: +313 973 1300 Home phone: +313 677 4386 Internet: mcdaniel@adi.com UUCP: {uunet,sharkey}!amara!mcdaniel