declaration of functions

[Karl Heuer]

>>The other [contradiction] is that variadic functions are not permitted, yet
>>printf() exists.
>
>This is not a contradiction.  The authors stated [that printf() couldn't be
>portably written in C]

Well, maybe "botch" is a better word than "contradiction".  I was quoting
what Dennis Ritchie said parenthetically in his posting to comp.std.c a bit
ago, when he was giving his opinion of the new C.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint