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From: jfc@athena.mit.edu (John F Carr)
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Subject: Max line length (was Re: programming challenge ...)
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Date: 12 Mar 89 07:12:11 GMT
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>Of course, you need to delete the newline after the first line.

What is the longest line allowed in a C program?  Does the standard say?
Do present compilers care?

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