Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: trigraphs in X3J11
Message-ID: <1988May23.000451.751@utzoo.uucp>
Keywords: bizarre ISO cr*p
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <5215@ico.ISC.COM>, <1490@eneevax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23 May 88 00:04:51 GMT

> Our particular implimentation was controlled by an option flag, so it didn't
> harm native mode APL work.  A clear deficiency in the ANSI proposal.

I would expect that this is the way many C compilers will implement trigraphs;
I know of some that already take that approach.  Lots of people share your
view that trigraphs are ugly.
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