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- From: Larry Weiss <lfw@iadfw.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Example of an unintelligible program in C
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 19:46:09 -0600
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- References: <4iegj7$evn@bee.uspnet.usp.br> <4if0i4$qsm@garden.csc.calpoly.edu> <4ij8je$lb9@charm.il.ft.hse.nl> <4iq67bINN3gs@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <827712727snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>
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- Lawrence Kirby wrote:
- >
- > In article <4iq67bINN3gs@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>
- > c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca "Kazimir Kylheku" writes:
- >
- > >The square root example given in the earlier posting employs a variable whose
- > >name is the underscore character. Oops.
- >
- > That's OK in this case since the identifier has block scope and the
- > underscore is not followed by an uppercase letter or another underscore
- > (and its not a full moon etc.)
- >
- > >What about the use of putchar without having included <stdio.h>, hmm?
- >
- > Since putchar() returns int, has a fixed argument list and no agrument
- > undergoes default argument promotion, that's fine.
- >
- > >The exit status is undefined, also.
- >
- > Bad style perhaps but it is permitted by the standard.
- >
-
-
- Talk about being "lucky" ! It's like those silent films where the
- main character is walking down the street reading a newspaper and doesn't
- seem to realize how many life-threatening events are occuring all around,
- and ultimately arrives home without a scratch or a clue.
-