"C" wish list.

John Bruner jdb at mordor.UUCP
Tue Oct 29 03:10:03 AEST 1985


In article <946 at lll-crg.ARpA> brooks at lll-crg.UUCP (Eugene D. Brooks III) writes:
>I propose a new standard device driver /dev/cattleprod which the C compiler
>and lint could open when it detects sloppy code and non portable constructs.
>The device driver would operate a pair of electrodes that are imbedded in the
>seat in front of the terminal....

I'd suggest that only the C compiler use "/dev/cattleprod".  The use
of "lint" to find sloppy/non-portable code shouldn't be discouraged.
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