Reserved names in ANSI C

[John F. Haugh II]

In article <7734 at xyzzy.UUCP> meissner at tiktok.UUCP (Michael Meissner) writes:
>In case people are wondering why 5 characters, if you express the
>symbol in RAD-50 (radix 50) notation, you can fit 5 characters in
>32-bits.

RAD-50 gives you three characters per short, or six per long.  Also,
36-bit machines still abound with 6 6-bit characters per word.
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