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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: 509?? (Re: Max line length)
Message-ID: <2285@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 13 Mar 89 17:31:07 GMT
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Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
Followup-To: comp.lang.c
Organization: Boston Univ. Col. of Eng.
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John Carr and Doug Gwyn both quoted the pANS as requiring compilers to
accept at least 509 chars of logical line...

Huh???

Do X3J11 do their discussing ain between trips to the 7-11 to buy
lottery tickets or something?

Did they hit the trifecta at Rosemont betting 5-0-9? (probably required
themselves to box...:-)

				--Blair
				  "It is left as an exercise for
				   the compulsive-gambling reader
				   to figure out why the trifecta
				   will never hit."