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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: volatile
Message-ID: <1045@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 88 08:52:28 GMT
References: <12578@brl-adm.ARPA> <1988Mar25.172355.348@utzoo.uucp> <7594@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Organization: McGill University, Montreal
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In article <7594@brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
> In article <1264@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> edw@IUS1.CS.CMU.EDU (Eddie Wyatt) writes:
>> static void catch(int signo, code; struct sigcontext *scp) { gotcha = 1; }
> This Berkeley extension does not conform to the standard,

Which standard?  The dpANS?  That's question-begging.

> P.S. Yes, X3J11 discussed this issue at some length, and decided to
> uphold established practice instead of switching to the Berkeley
> invention.

Berkeley practice seems pretty firmly established to me.  What sort of
OS-centricism is going on here?

					der Mouse

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