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- From: djb@koobera.math.uic.edu (D. J. Bernstein)
- Message-ID: <1996Mar408.48.01.11162@koobera.math.uic.edu>
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 08:48:01 GMT
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.std.c
- Subject: Re: Coding Standards are ignorant
- References: <4gum82$14v4@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <4hdhgm$6vq@solutions.solon.com> <1996Mar403.23.06.8316@koobera.math.uic.edu> <4he37i$a0u@solutions.solon.com>
- Organization: IR
-
- Peter Seebach <seebs@solutions.solon.com> wrote:
- > D. J. Bernstein <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu> wrote:
- > > Seebach has been making a bunch of false statements on gnu.misc.discuss
- > > about portability, speed, and various other things.
- > Example false statements:
-
- ``There are no interesting programs you can't write entirely within
- POSIX and ANSI.''
-
- ``[ispunct()] has no excuse to assume that char is 8 bits.'' (Of course
- it has an excuse. Whether it's a _good_ excuse is a side issue.)
-
- ``It will hurt because it's incorrect by the only standard applicable.''
- (False hypothesis, false logic, false conclusion.)
-
- ``void main [has] NO BENEFIT WHATSOEVER.''
-
- ``If declaring main as void really shuts gcc up, there is a bug in
- either gcc or your code.''
-
- Referring to isalnum || strchr: ``... this version is likely to be
- within 5% of your version, because isalnum is normally blindingly fast,
- and most characters in addresses will be isalnum.''
-
- Referring to RFC 822: ``... '.' must also be quoted.'' (No, not always.)
-
- ---Dan
-