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From: phco@ecsvax.UUCP (John Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Query: DeSmet C syntax -- converting to standard C
Message-ID: <3362@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 21:51:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: ecsvax.3362
Posted: Mon Jun  8 21:51:40 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jun-87 06:03:54 EDT
References: <7690@brl-adm.ARPA> <814@instable.UUCP> <6540@linus.UUCP>
Reply-To: phco@ecsvax.UUCP (John Miller)
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Keywords: DeSmet C
Summary: DeSmet C IS standard C!

In article <6540@linus.UUCP> gwr@linus.UUCP (Gordon W. Ross) writes:
>I have a program which was written in DeSmet C but need to compile it
>with a standard C compiler.  DeSmet C seems to have a Dollar sign in
>place of every left curly bracket, and no obvious character in place
>of right curly brackets, among other oddities.  Can anyone point me to
>or provide a description of the DeSmet C syntax which would allow me
>to translate the program into a standard C syntax?

This article seems very similar to one that appeared a few months ago,
when someone was trying to convert a mangled DeSmet C file.

DeSmet C syntax ** IS ** standard C syntax.  It sounds like your source
file was corrupted by some peculiar transfer process.  You might search
for an uncorrupted version, or you might be able to use some #define's
and let the C pre-processor clean it up for you.

-- 
                        John Miller  (ecsvax!phco)
                        Dept. of Pharmacology, Univ. of N.C.-Chapel Hill
                        Chapel Hill, NC 27514       (919) 966-4343