This one bit me today

Scott Amspoker scott at bbxsda.UUCP
Tue Oct 10 01:07:25 AEST 1989


In article <504 at oglvee.UUCP> norm at oglvee.UUCP (Norman Joseph) writes:
 >From article <2432 at hub.UUCP>, by dougp at voodoo.ucsb.edu:
 >> main()
 >>   {
 >>   int a=1,b=2,*p=&a,c;
 >>   c=b/*p;
 >>   }
 >> 
 >> First real flaw in the C grammer I have found.
 >[...]
 >What makes people afraid to hit the space bar?  Is it sloth, or ignorance?

Becausesomepeoplefeelthatitistheirrighttotypeprogramsanywaytheywantand
iftheydonotwanttousespacesthentheCcompilershouldunderstandthat.Afterall
iftheprogramdoesnotworkthenitmustbethefaultofpoorlanguagedesign.

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Scott Amspoker
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