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From: rbutterworth@watmath.UUCP (Ray Butterworth)
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Subject: Re:  ANSI C.
Message-ID: <260@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-Nov-85 09:57:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 28 09:57:11 1985
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> > "they took the entry for ctime from the third section of the UNIX
> > manual and copied it verbatim"
> 
> Hey, get a current copy of the draft standard!  Since April,
> the X3J11 spec for ctime has not very much resembled the one
> in any UNIX manual.

But wasn't compatibility your reason for defending the retention
of the use of the pointer?  If it doesn't resemble the one in the
UNIX manual, does that mean that it is now ctime(time_t) instead
of ctime(time_t*)?  If not, how do you justify the "*"?