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From: Barry Margolin on 20 Apr 2010 23:58 In article <slrnhsrut0.fjj.vpm+news(a)pitchu.serengetty.fr>, Vivien MOREAU <vpm+news(a)serengetty.fr> wrote: > On 2010-04-20, Bill Cunningham wrote: > > > I received the book I ordered and was very disappointed. The book said > > copyright 89 and 90 and had one chapter on TCP/IP. I don't even know if the > > web was around in '89. The C is a very strange syntax pre-ANSI I would say: > > > > main(argc, argv) > > int argc; > > char *argv[]; > > This is not a "very strange syntax", this is K&R C. That's what he said: "pre-ANSI". It's strange in the same way that Shakespearean English seems strange now. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Rainer Weikusat on 21 Apr 2010 05:33 Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> writes: > In article <slrnhsrut0.fjj.vpm+news(a)pitchu.serengetty.fr>, > Vivien MOREAU <vpm+news(a)serengetty.fr> wrote: > >> On 2010-04-20, Bill Cunningham wrote: >> >> > I received the book I ordered and was very disappointed. The book said >> > copyright 89 and 90 and had one chapter on TCP/IP. I don't even know if the >> > web was around in '89. The C is a very strange syntax pre-ANSI I would say: >> > >> > main(argc, argv) >> > int argc; >> > char *argv[]; >> >> This is not a "very strange syntax", this is K&R C. > > That's what he said: "pre-ANSI". This is not quite true. Except the missing return type, this is (as of C99) still valid C, although the C-standard calls it 'obsolescent'.
From: Barry Margolin on 21 Apr 2010 20:51 In article <87aasxup2y.fsf(a)fever.mssgmbh.com>, Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat(a)mssgmbh.com> wrote: > Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> writes: > > In article <slrnhsrut0.fjj.vpm+news(a)pitchu.serengetty.fr>, > > Vivien MOREAU <vpm+news(a)serengetty.fr> wrote: > > > >> On 2010-04-20, Bill Cunningham wrote: > >> > >> > I received the book I ordered and was very disappointed. The book > >> > said > >> > copyright 89 and 90 and had one chapter on TCP/IP. I don't even know if > >> > the > >> > web was around in '89. The C is a very strange syntax pre-ANSI I would > >> > say: > >> > > >> > main(argc, argv) > >> > int argc; > >> > char *argv[]; > >> > >> This is not a "very strange syntax", this is K&R C. > > > > That's what he said: "pre-ANSI". > > This is not quite true. Except the missing return type, this is (as of > C99) still valid C, although the C-standard calls it 'obsolescent'. Who said it was invalid? He just said it was strange. As you pointed out, it's obsolescent, and has been out of fashion for two decades. So it's quite unusual to see it these days. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
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