From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 20 10:46:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA03734 for current-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 10:46:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA03715; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 10:45:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA00285; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 13:45:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199712201845.NAA00285@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Bruce vandalism again In-Reply-To: <14454.882641857@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Dec 20, 97 10:17:37 am" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 13:45:47 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, grog@lemis.com, julian@whistle.com, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard said: > > If style(9) is broken, which apparently it is, then it should be fixed. > > It isn't a religious document, but one that should change with the times. > > It's not broken. > So we buck the trend of the Industry? Many/most shops will blow your code away if it isn't ANSI. (Imagine a design review: Why didn't you (another person, not you JKH) declare and instantiate your functions correctly, and default to K&R. Oh right, you are an old programmer, who grew up with K&R; well we don't do that anymore.) -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.