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From: rbj@icst-cmr (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re:  questions from using lint
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Date: Thu, 8-May-86 13:39:48 EDT
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????-->	> C is the only language that I can remember that has a separate
????-->	> program (lint) to find and report compiler errors in source code.

GWYN-->	[most of reply deleted]
	
Because I agree with everything you said here.

GWYN-->	In short, I see nothing wrong with the present set-up.
	
First off, let us remember that `cc' is NOT the C compiler. It is
just the coordinator for all the phases that build programs.
Therefore, I see no inconsistency with allowing `cc' to call lint
if a given option is specified. This might encourage non-unix
vendors to include lint with their products.

	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell		<rbj@cmr>
	"One man gathers what another man spills"