From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: scope and/or parameters (beginner)
Date: 1999/04/15
Date: 1999-04-15T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f4sh1$h8l$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37151A6D.FAA4ACA2@prolifics.com
In article <37151A6D.FAA4ACA2@prolifics.com>,
Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com> wrote:
> Anyway, const was in the ANSI C Standard, which was accepted in 1989.
> The Rationale says that work on the Standard started in 1983, and also
> says that const was borrowed from C++. So it appears that const started
> showing up in C in the mid-1980s, around fifteen years ago. (As with C++,
> implementations of near-Standard C arrived as drafts became available.)
Hmmm. Like I said I have a fair amount of exposure to C on Unix platforms,
including an entire development project or two, and a few months ago was the
first I'd ever seen it. I guess the real lesson here is that there are an
awful lot of obsolete K&R C compilers (and code) still floating around.
Well...that and: I need to get a more up to date C reference.
--
T.E.D.
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1999-04-02 0:00 scope and/or parameters (beginner) fluffy_pink
1999-04-03 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-05 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-05 0:00 ` fluffy_doo
1999-04-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-08 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-04-10 0:00 ` fluffy_puff
1999-04-12 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-13 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-14 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-04-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-15 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-14 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-14 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-04-14 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-14 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-04-14 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-14 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-04-15 0:00 ` dennison [this message]
1999-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-15 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-15 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-15 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-15 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-04-16 0:00 ` Rakesh Malhotra
1999-04-15 0:00 ` fluffy_dong
1999-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-15 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-15 0:00 ` fluffy_dong
1999-04-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-16 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-04-16 0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-04-21 0:00 ` fraser
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-16 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
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