Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Machine specific predefined names
Message-ID: <1988Mar16.192858.423@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1988Feb17.115402.12739@light.uucp> <17033@watmath.waterloo.edu> <229@sdrc.UUCP>, <302@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 88 19:28:58 GMT

> ... Contrary to what Larry has said, Ray, I know of no machine that
> does _NOT_ work this way.  I think you would be pretty safe in assuming that
> _all_ machines work this way...

Remember that (a) not all implementations are compilers followed by linkers
and (b) at least some implementations will permit redefining system names
but those redefinitions will *not* affect the actions of other system
functions, which will be calling the supposedly-redefined functions under
other, secret names.
-- 
Those who do not understand Unix are |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
condemned to reinvent it, poorly.    | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry