6 char externs (Oh no, not them again!)

JonesBD qwerty at drutx.UUCP
Sat Oct 13 00:05:41 AEST 1984


Then you take your code to a machine like an Intel iRMX based system
and find all your typos.

	ALVN_1_A_Long_Variable_Name_1
			...
	ALVN_1_A_Lnog_ etc.

which compiled on the short name machine break on another machine like
the Intel which understands 31 character variable names.  I have
already experienced this problem with code using names longer than
8 characters when trying to compile it on this system.  (not my own
software this time).

				Brian Jones
	** Now forming - The Committee to Stamp Out Six Char Externs **



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