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From: mwm@eris (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: @ vs * (Was: Power Operator?)
Message-ID: <6595@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 18 Jan 88 21:35:55 GMT
References: <6982@brl-smoke.ARPA> <326@splut.UUCP> <327@splut.UUCP> <22773@hi.unm.edu> <3492@mtgzz.UUCP>
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In article <3492@mtgzz.UUCP> dam@mtgzz.UUCP (XMRN40000[kvm]-d.a.morano) writes:
<Obviously, we can not change unary '*' to '@' and still have C, but this 
<would have been an excellent choice for indirection back when K&R started
<to think about this.  Those with a background of programming in DEC's
<assembly languages for the PDP-11 (and VAX) can appreciate this.  

Nope, using '@' wasn't a good choice back then. That was the default
line kill character on early Unix systems. Those who tried to use the
DEC assemblers on such systems can appreciate this.

Of course, v6 vs. arpanet was almost as much fun as csh vs. uucp, and
more fun than '^' routing.

	<mike aka mwm\@ucbvax
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