Reserved names in ANSI C

[Henry Spencer]

In article <547 at cybaswan.UUCP> iiit-sh at cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) writes:
>Yeah, but though you may be able to use more, a 'strictly conforming' program
>can't, otherwise it won't port to sites with 6-character linkers. In other
>words 6 characters *is* the real limit.

Right.  This is a fact of life now; it is not an invention of X3J11.

>Can't some use be made of that fact? If Ada becomes important due to the
>military backing, can't 'C' ride its wake (so to speak) and insist on a
>linker with sensible namewidth?...

Ada is being rammed down everyone's throats by DoD.  X3J11 does not have
that kind of clout, and cannot set that sort of requirement without serious
risk that major manufacturers will ignore the standard.
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