8char function names from hell

[Chris Chute MD]

In article <385 at pcbox.UUCP>, pjc at pcbox.UUCP (Paul J. Condie) writes:
> In article <380 at flatline.UUCP> erict at flatline.UUCP (eric townsend) writes:
> >behold, the unix-pc C compiler doesn't go past 8 characters in
> >either a function or a varible name! [etc]
> 
> The unix-pc compiler does by default support longer function/variable
> names, unless you use the -T option to truncate.

Now for those of us who suffered through version 2.0 and 3.0 of the
UNIXpc System V, Eric's comments ring true.  It was only with the advent of
release 3.5 that full flex name support was available with the compiler (many
of us had used a pre-preprocessor to get around it anyhow).
  How quickly we forget history. :->

Cheers,
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