volatile (in comp.lang.c)

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In article <225800029 at uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald at uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>I believe that a language, per se, should be divided into a "portable"
>part and a language-specified non-portable syntax.

But what does 'language-specified non-portable' really mean?  The problem
is, 'volatile' means different things on different machines and even in
different implementations on the same machine.  If it can't be
well-defined, it shouldn't be in the language.  Personally, I feel that
there is a need for 'volatile' in C, but the way it is specified in dpANS C
is not good enough for it to be useful.
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