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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: MAJOR ANSI C FLAW (my opinion, of course)
Message-ID: <919@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 22:30:28 EST
Article-I.D.: sugar.919
Posted: Tue Oct 27 22:30:28 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Nov-87 07:18:13 EST
References: <234@snark.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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Summary: What's wrong with the concept...

In article <234@snark.UUCP>, eric@snark.UUCP (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
> In article <9840@brl-adm.ARPA>, vis!greg@bass.nosc.MIL writes:
> > A source to source translator can be provided which reduces the
> > significance of C external identifiers to six monocase characters.
> Three cheers for this man! He has found a way to cut the Gordian knot!

I'm afraid not. This may be a way to compile non-conformant programs on
6-character systems. It is *not* a way to get away with requiring longer
names. What happens when you want to call routines in languages other
than 'C' that have not gone through this mapping?
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