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From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM>
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Subject: Re: variable sized arrays and gcc
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References: <199708100722.DAA03236@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> from Bill Paul at "Aug 10, 97 03:22:28 am"
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>> Is this a side-effect of GNU C and GNU C++ being joined together at
>> the hip, or did I just miss a memo somewhere?
>I don't know if it is a direct side-effect of GNU C and C++ using the
>same backend -- however GCC has some really interesting features that
>could tend to lock-in the lazy programmer...  It has ranges for
>switch statements, it can take the address of code labels, it has
>some really neat built-ins, etc...

gcc has had variable sized arrays since '88, I believe.

The feature will now make it into the next ANSI C version.  (Along with a
bunch of stuff that is *WRONG* and *EVIL*.  But this particular feature I
happen to like.)