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From: jja@wsl.ie (John Allen on wsl)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: What does lint do?
Message-ID: <781@wsl.ie>
Date: 7 Jun 91 11:14:53 GMT
References: <91-05-108@comp.compilers> <1991May29.173713.7058@netcom.COM>
Reply-To: jja@wsl.ie (John Allen on wsl)
Organization: Workhorse Systems Limited, Dublin
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In article <1991May29.173713.7058@netcom.COM> jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) writes:
>What does lint do? Lint does all the stuff C compilers OUGHT to do, but
>don't. Using this clever trickery, one hears of how "compact" and "efficient"
>C compilers are (usually in comparison to something like an Ada compiler)...
>but this is a completely bogus argument. I could write a really compact

I have to completely agree with you for a change. Normally I only half agree
with you. link sucks. I love ANSI C & C++ because they bring back all that
type-checking I used to have in PASCAL. 

I think the proponents of 'lint' ought to be shot, it's like sayin a C compiler
should accept ADA/C++/PASCAL/BASIC etc... as input and just produce some sort 
of object file that will core dump.

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