12 May
2020
12 May
'20
12:37 a.m.
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:25 PM Paul Winalski <paul.winalski(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
This ought to be easy to fix using a compiler command
line option for
the legacy behavior. Many C compilers do this already to support K&R
semantics vs. standard C semantics.
Hrrrumph
Point taken but ...
C++ is an example in my mind of not listening to Dennis' words:
- “C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.”
<https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/2Rki_bGM7zqTA>
- “When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I
often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice
of a worldwide crowd.”
<https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/eDQR_hqwtHAC9>
- “A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program
in than some that do”
<https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/R86z_ybYw9JTS>