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From: garnett@roadster.bellcore.com (Michael Garnett)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: the SUN way.. *&$^#%)
Keywords: Sun, C++, F***-up
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.114821@roadster.bellcore.com>
Date: 19 Dec 90 15:18:21 GMT
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Reply-To: garnett@thumper.bellcore.com
Organization: Information Networks Research (Bellcore)
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I'm P***ed! (excuse the language!) Grrrr....
I just started using Sun C++.  Great I thought, it even has
the icky Sunview headerfiles that I need (in C++ acceptable form).
Now I find out that there prototyping is for the BIRDS!  

This is one stupid thing:
char *bsearch (const char*, char*, unsigned, int, int (*)(...)) );

It should be like this:
void *bsearch(const void *, void *, unsigned, unsigned, 
				  int(*)(const void *, const void *));

Do they mean to tell me that I really have to deal with stdargs/varargs when
I want to write a quick compare routine for my data type!?

realloc, and free take char* instead of void*, ...

Does anyone else see this is a VERY STUPID move on Sun's Part?

I have a 3rd part C++ that I like better (it's 2.1, Sun's 2.0), but
we only have a license for our sun4s.  We have Sun C++ for both sun3s and
sun4s. Grrrrrr.  *sigh*....

HEY SUN: LISTENING?
	DON'T RESIST THE ANSI C SPEC!  void*s are NICE.  You're 'cc' even 
	supports them (but does not use them).  How about fixing these
	header files?? huh??

Oy!