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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Sort char array
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:38:28 -0700
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 06/10/2019 16:07, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>
>>> Does it matter if it is not 100%, pure, conforming C?
>>
>> It does if you present some code as being C when you
>> know it isn't.  Or maybe you don't mind being a liar.
>
> You might think a C compiler would tell you if an input wasn't C,
> or wasn't the C it was designed to compile.  [...]

A transparent attempt to change the subject.  What I think a C
compiler would or should do is irrelevant.  The question is
whether you mind being a liar.  And it's becoming increasingly
obvious that you don't.