Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!nosc!crash!ncr-sd!se-sd!rns From: rns@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Rick Schubert) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: ANSI, K&R, H&S (was: Re: Just a minor new twist on free()) Message-ID: <4147@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Date: 6 Nov 90 21:00:19 GMT References: <222@smds.UUCP> Organization: NCR Corp., Systems Engineering - San Diego Lines: 21 In <222@smds.UUCP> sw@smds.UUCP (Stephen E. Witham) writes: > That's why I'm >surprised by Paul Smith's comment: >> In addition, I don't think >> I've seen a C program in the last 8 years which does not use any >> language features except those found in K&R I! >What kind of insulated environments do these people work in, anyway? Paul already responded to this, but I don't think he caught the fact that Stephen was confused by the triple negative: >> I DON'T think I've seen a C program in the last 8 years which DOES NOT >> use any language features EXCEPT those found in K&R I! What he is saying (and I think this is what he meant, too) is that each of the C programs he has seen in the last 8 years has used some feature not found in K&R I. -- Rick Schubert (rns@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM)