Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mit.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Constant strings Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:54:59 +0200 Organization: http://www.ieee.org/ Lines: 16 Message-ID: <87tx9fn4cs.fsf@gmail.com> References: <0.cfda95f524c227691d46.20140426125013BST.87r44k5myy.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <59228a61-206f-4037-a874-0925d76518f6@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mit.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4af8175e487d1d8249b5548b81726a30"; logging-data="1146"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19i/xTL/HAuyWadL18Inm1algBHyzXkJgc=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hLCGEPV1vVliIdguakvXqB3NbhE= sha1:/VYOKq8rfwWKJLcsxCRniLEG66M= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:43616 gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) writes: > In article , > Keith Thompson wrote: > ... >>In C as it is, you can't pass an array to a subroutine at all. > > (Pedantic, CLC-ish answer, which should make Kiki proud) > > Because C doesn't have "subroutines". Can you elaborate please? I need a good cringe. -- "Avoid hyperbole at all costs, its the most destructive argument on the planet" - Mark McIntyre in comp.lang.c