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Subject: Re: PRI* considered harmful
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Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.std.c:686

On 09.07.2011 08:05, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> I'm explicitly not talking about the ideal world where every
> implementation is conforming!

Then with all due respect, you're barking up the wrong tree.

Implementation errors are not the standard's fault unless you can prove 
that the standard specified the feature in question in such a way that 
said feature could not be implemented correctly.  Good luck with tyring 
that.