Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!and!jos From: jos@and.nl (J. Horsmeier) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: call to revolt Message-ID: <1016@baby.and.nl> Date: 29 Jun 91 14:55:52 GMT References: <1004@baby.and.nl> <1991Jun28.220128.22032@kithrup.COM> Organization: AND Software BV Rotterdam Lines: 28 In article <1991Jun28.220128.22032@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: >I've got a bone to pick with X3J11, as well! I had some code that worked [Yuck code deleted ...] > >I think we should all start a letter-writing campaign to protest how X3J11 >*broke* C! >---- >Editor's note: the posted example is true, only the code has been [...] >multiplication, therefore a random value was left in %eax. The author of >the code is now serving maximum sentence in a COBOL shop. ^^^^^ Try OBJECT-ORIENTED-COBOL, Like C++ they've called it: ADD ONE TO COBOL GIVING COBOL +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |O J.A. Horsmeier AND Software B.V. phone : +31 10 4367100 O| |O Westersingel 106/108 fax : +31 10 4367110 O| |O 3015 LD Rotterdam NL e-mail: jos@and.nl O| |O--------------------------------------------------------------------O| |O MOVE CORRESPONDING SH*T TO TOILET BEFORE FLUSHING ONE LINE O| +----------------------------------------------------------------------+