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From: wp6@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Walter Pohl)
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Subject: Re: (pssst...fortran?)
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	What do you mean about C's sins of commission?
	Do you mean the lack of type checking?  I don't see this as a terrible
sin, since it doesn't actually decrease useful functionality.  Sure, I wish my
C compiler did more type checking, but not enough to go back to Pascal.  Anyway
most recent compilers have the option of type checking program parameters
through function prototypes.
	What other things are C's sins of commission?



					Walt Pohl
		"alt.walt?  It has a certain ring to it, no?"