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Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam”

From James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam”
Date 2023-10-09 22:41 -0400
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On 10/9/23 16:45, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Scott Lurndal to Anton Shepelev:
> 
>>> Yes, and I asked why the authors of that API decided not
>>> to use the casing that is guarranteed to work,
>>> preferring the dubious casing of void* to function
>>> pointers.
>>
>> Because all POSIX systems of the day had identically sized
>> function and object pointers, and the committee possibly
>> did not believe that there would ever be a future
>> architecture for which POSIX would be useful that had a
>> distinction between object and function pointers
> 
> Sounds like a instance myopic thinking.  Compliance with the
> Standard is always the safest road into the future. 

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say. Which standard are
you referring to, and how is compliance with that standard relevant to
this issue. POSIX is a standard, one which incorporates the C standard
by reference, so any implementation of POSIX includes an C compiler
which conforms to the C standard. There are additional requirements for
compliance with the POSIX standard on top of those that are required for
compliance with the C standard, and this is one example of that.

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“ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2023-10-05 17:40 -0500
  Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-05 15:57 -0700
  Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2023-10-06 07:36 +0200
    Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-06 11:59 -0700
  Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-07 23:54 +0300
    Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2023-10-08 09:42 +0200
      Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-08 04:27 -0400
      Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-08 12:55 +0300
        Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-08 13:06 +0300
        Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-10-08 06:22 -0500
          Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-08 15:03 +0300
            Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2023-10-15 15:51 -0400
              Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2023-10-15 17:53 -0400
              Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-16 00:07 -0400
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2023-10-16 22:01 -0400
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2023-10-16 22:41 -0400
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-17 12:22 -0400
          Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-08 12:31 -0700
            Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2023-10-08 21:17 -0400
              Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-09 01:13 -0400
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-10 12:18 -0700
            Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” MarioCCCP <NoliMihiFrangereMentulam@libero.it> - 2023-10-13 11:22 +0200
              Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-10-13 10:04 -0700
        Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-10-08 13:54 +0100
        Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-08 11:25 -0400
          Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-08 20:07 +0300
        Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> - 2023-10-08 16:37 +0000
          Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-08 20:05 +0300
            Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-09 01:13 -0400
              Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-09 13:30 -0700
                Re: Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-10-09 20:33 +0000
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-10 12:04 -0700
            Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> - 2023-10-09 12:17 +0000
              Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-09 23:03 +0300
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-10-09 20:30 +0000
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-09 23:45 +0300
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-10-09 21:21 +0000
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-10-09 21:26 +0000
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-09 22:41 -0400
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-10-09 21:47 +0100
          Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-10-08 15:31 -0700
            Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-09 01:12 -0400
              Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-10-10 18:46 -0700
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-11 01:14 -0400
                Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-10-11 13:47 +0000
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            Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-10-09 23:06 +0300
              Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-10-09 17:15 -0700
      Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-10-08 11:08 -0400
  Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-11 21:06 -0700
    Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-11 21:10 -0700
    Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2023-10-12 10:56 +0300
    Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2023-10-12 10:57 +0300
      Re: “ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-10-12 12:59 -0700
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