External names in other languages

[Norman Diamond]

> 	it is a sound idea admittedly but it seems to me that all you
> are doing is the standard(?) practice of
> 
> #define this_is_a_very_long_name xyzzy
> int this_is_a_very_long_name;
> 
> when the compiler generates the internal global symbols table then for
> the linker all references would be to variable xyzzy.
> 
>                      nice try but no dice i think
> 
>                             shades at mit-oz

The problem originally came about because xyzzy sometimes isn't a valid
identifier in C.  Putting it in a #define doesn't make it valid.

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