Pascal not considered harmful - was Re: Rich kids are into COBOL

[Fred Cisin]

Keep in mind, that K&R C is a C, not just "C like", without many of the
restrictions of ANSI C.

I actually agree with most of the ANSI CHANGES to C.
BUT, K&R C IS C, not "C like", in spite of not being "ANSI C"


On Sat, 21 Feb 2015, Sean Conner wrote:
> > >6-, 7-, and 8-bit character types as well as 18-bit and 36-bit
> > >integers would be useful, but by definition it wouldn't actually be C.

Some minor NITS:

>   The constraints are:
> 	sizeof(short) <= sizeof(int)
> 	sizeof(int)   <= sizeof(long)
> 	sizeof(short) <  sizeof(long)

IIRC, K&R permitted sizeof(short) <= sizeof(long)

You COULD build a C with 32 bits for every type.
You COULD build a C with 16 bits for every type, but hopefully would not.

Memory was more limited in those days; IIRC, K&R warned against assuming
that sizeof(char*) == sizeof(int)


> 	unsigned short	             0 ..        65,536
> 	unsigned int	             0 ..        65,536
those should be       0 .. 65535


> And the minumum ranges are:
> 	signed short	       -32,767 ..        32,767
> 	signed int	       -32,767 ..        32,767
16 bit 2's complement goes from -32768 ... 32767
does the ANSI standard leave off the -32768?
(not objecting, just curious)

likewise
> 	signed long	-2,147,483,647 .. 2,147,483,647
                        -2,147,483,648



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