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From: pdg@ihdev.UUCP (P. D. Guthrie)
Newsgroups: net.lang,net.lang.c
Subject: Re: structured assembler (BASIC)  [Really: C builtin functions?]
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Date: Sun, 6-Apr-86 15:40:11 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  6 15:40:11 1986
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In article <824@ttrdc.UUCP> levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:
>In article <41@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP writes:
>>C, LISP, Pascal, BASIC, etc., all have standard built-in functions.
>
>C has standard built-in functions????
>
>Gee, that's a new one on me.  EVERY function called from C is an external func-
>tion, or at least it was when C began. 

You are sort of right,  but sizeof qualifies as a builtin function, 
even though it is a compile-time function vs run-time.   Anyone disagree?
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