ANSI C

[Henry Spencer]

> A minor point:  The linker imposes a limit only on the number of
> significant characters in EXTERNAL names.  K&R claim internal names
> can have 8 significant characters.  I see no reason for a limit on
> external names to be imposed on the whole language.

Please read my original summary more closely.  The 6-character limit
applies only to external names.  The limit for internal names is much
easier to change, and the current draft standard has it as 31 rather
than merely 8.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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