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From: ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: == vs. = a final word
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Date: 1 Apr 88 14:42:12 GMT
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Reply-To: ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap)
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Yeah, I saw a .h file that did:

#define		K	*1000

Of course the next time somebody used K as a variable...
A couple of us wasted 10 minutes figuring this out. Really stupid.

Other inanities included

#define		IS_EQUAL	==
#define		function

Of course, one day I compiled a graphics routine with:

	int	(*function)();

	Ken

PS: I like C. And Pascal, sometimes. And other languages. It's people
who have to make C look like the last language they learnt and never
get used to the new lingo that make life difficult.