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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr> writes:

> I did consider (and still am considering) writing such a C function.
> My only objection to it is... that it is ugly!

Interfacing between two languages is ugly by its very nature.

- Bob