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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: C Builtin Funxions
Message-ID: <1399@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 3-May-86 08:01:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: mmintl.1399
Posted: Sat May  3 08:01:06 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 6-May-86 06:16:36 EDT
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Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <1700010@umn-cs.UUCP> herndon@umn-cs.UUCP writes:
>  On the flip side, the language may not be as efficient.
>If the compiler writers want to allow these procedures to
>be built-in to allow in-line procedures, I think this should
>be an option (DEFAULT=OFF), and then the capabilities of
>the language will be compromised as little as possible.

I agree that if one is going to consider certain functions as built-in,
there should be an option to make them external calls, instead.  I
don't agree that the default should be to make them external.  Most
users are interested in the efficiency; the additional effort, however
much it is, should be put on the smaller group.

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108