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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: How to find the problem in the object file
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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>
>> Yes, it's IMHO infortunate that the language still allows
>> non-prototype function declarations and definitions. [...]
>
> Some other people have reactions like this, and I'm a loss to
> understand why.
[...]

Our previous discussions on this topic didn't resolve anything,
and I don't think I'll repeat them.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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