call to revolt

[J. Horsmeier]

In article <1991Jun28.220128.22032 at kithrup.COM> sef at kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>I've got a bone to pick with X3J11, as well!  I had some code that worked

[Yuck code deleted ...]

>
>I think we should all start a letter-writing campaign to protest how X3J11
>*broke* C!
>----
>Editor's note:  the posted example is true, only the code has been
[...]
>multiplication, therefore a random value was left in %eax.  The author of
>the code is now serving maximum sentence in a COBOL shop.
                                               ^^^^^

Try OBJECT-ORIENTED-COBOL, Like C++ they've called it:


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