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Subject: Re: Re: 6 char externs and the ANSI stan
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Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 12:34:57 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  3 12:34:57 1984
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Nf-From: ISM780B!jim    Oct 29 19:00:00 1984

All of the arguments here have been addressed adequately in other notes.
Particularly significant is the observation that the COBOL standard
demands 30 characters.  A C standard that does not demand at least the same
will be the result of the triumph of short-sightedness.

-- Jim Balter, INTERACTIVE Systems (ima!jim)