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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Hyper C "anchored variables" (was Re: C on the apple)
Message-ID: <12086@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 6 Feb 90 22:01:55 GMT
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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>>             [Hyper C allows the creation of] anchored variables, [so] you can
>>specify a variable to occupy a specific memory location. Very useful for
>>twiddling bits in softswitches.

This is a fine example of an unnecessary feature, because one can
access specified absolute addresses using normal C facilities.
I did it in a printer utility I wrote using Aztec C on my old //e.