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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
- Message-ID: <id.205T.C9H@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <Bu2r42.5xr@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <id.I12T.GP4@ferranti.com> <a_rubin.716152347@dn66>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:57:28 GMT
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- In article <a_rubin.716152347@dn66> a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin) writes:
- > In <id.I12T.GP4@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- > > int a, b;
- > > long c;
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- > > c = a * b;
-
- > Aside from there being no guarantee that "long" is longer than "int",
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- Yes, blame the authors of the first VAX compilers for that.
-
- > I
- > don't think it is LEGAL for ANSI C to do this,
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- I've seen people make this claim before; but I've yet to see a good
- explanation. Care to try?
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