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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Max line length
Keywords: C limits dpANS
Message-ID: <9873@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 19 Mar 89 05:55:48 GMT
References: <2102@jasper.UUCP> <207600017@s.cs.uiuc.edu> <9777@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <1166@auspex.UUCP> <3072@nunki.usc.edu> <2314@buengc.BU.EDU> <2322@buengc.BU.EDU> <1574@vicom.COM>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1574@vicom.COM> bitbug@vicom.COM (James Buster) writes:
>I have a question on how the dpANS words its descriptions of limits.

Rest assured that the pANS does not require that implementations
impose unnecessary fixed limits.  In fact a footnote advises to
the contrary.