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From: dieter@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Dieter Rothmeier)
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Subject: initialization of automatic arrays
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Date: 3 May 89 00:28:39 GMT
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Why does pre-ANSI C not allow automatic arrays to be
initialized? We had a little discussion about this at work,
but couldn't come up with a good reason.

Dieter Rothmeier