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From: foust@gumby.UUCP
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Subject: Re: International UNIX
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 09:51:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 09:51:15 1985
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> Yes, we need to be able to have variable names with these characters.
> ANSI C does not allow this, but it allows a representation of nine of
> the abovenamed chars in *trigraph* form: ?? is used as a lead-in to
> define:
> 
> #       [       \       ]       ^       {       |       }       ~
> ??=     ??(     ??/     ??)     ??'     ??<     ??!     ??>     ??-       
> 
> $@` are not used (at the moment) in ANSI C.
> Personally I do not like the choice of ? as lead-in char as it
> is graphically quite dominating, maybe .. was better,
> but the trigraph scheme is quite general and OK to me.
> If we then could use the national chars in variable names, C could
> become a quite useful programming language :-)

But just think what this would do for an international
obfuscated C contest!  Anybody want to translate this year's entries?

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John Foust
"I used to be disgusted, but now I'm just amused"