Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:23:11 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: C headers Message-ID: <199902060523.VAA06588@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199902060201.TAA25935@usr02.primenet.com>
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>From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> >Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 02:01:55 +0000 (GMT) >So the fact that you will potentially get undetectable errors if >you compile without a prototype in scope can really be blamed on >lazy compiler writers who didn't want to update their linker >technology at the same time that they were adding assumptions to >their compiler. The presumption (in the above) that the compiler writers were necessarily in a position to exert a useful form of influence over those who implemented linker technology is not always warranted for the universe of systems that was the domain of the ANSI C committee. Indeed: sometimes, they were competitors. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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