Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter
From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Volatile is Necessary
Message-ID: <1794@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 4 Apr 88 14:44:27 GMT
References: <8107@sol.ARPA> <77200028@uiucdcsp>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <77200028@uiucdcsp>, gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> I believe that you sincerely need this feature, but I also sincerely
> believe that most people won't need it.  In top-quality standards
> work, you learn to leave out the nonessentials.  Others can put them
> in at their own discretion.

You need volatile to efficiently implement device drivers.

Given this, and assuming that you actually do want to write your drivers
in something other than assembly, volatile is necessary.
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