Sujet : Re: encapsulating directory operations
De : rjh (at) *nospam* cpax.org.uk (Richard Heathfield)
Groupes : comp.lang.cDate : 29. May 2025, 09:39:51
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Organisation : Fix this later
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On 29/05/2025 08:27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 23 May 2025 23:13:20 +0100, Richard Heathfield wrote:
And who cares about future instability if C90 remains just as stable as
ever it was?
Even with the problems with const?
char *strstr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
Dennis Ritchie pointed out the trouble with that.
Is C90 perfect? No, of course not. "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success."
Is there value in having a powerful, widely-available language that, when you turn your back for a moment, stays *exactly* where you left it? Hell, yes.
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