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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: The One True Purpose of C (was Playing with the bits of floats)
Message-ID: <1961@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 23 Jan 89 22:45:50 GMT
References: <1100@l.cc.purdue.edu> <5586@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <284@bgalli.UUCP> <15573@mimsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
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Ob. C-polemic:

Given the differing compilers, C ain't strictly portable.
It is (often) among unix machines running "unix is a trademark of at+t"
clones, but I don't trust even my K&R(ed.1)-conformant code when going
from an Encore/Ultrix to a VAX/VMS.

In article <15573@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>(And now for something completely irrelevant:)
>
>In article <284@bgalli.UUCP> bga@bgalli.UUCP (Billy G. Allie) writes:
>
>>7436 Hartwell, Dearborn, MI 48126
>
>You live almost next door to my older brother (6834).  How about that....

Woontcha know.

Torek's bother has a number for a name...

				--Blair
				  "8-D"