printf() and commutative operations problem

[Karl Heuer]

In article <15580 at gryphon.COM> joe at gryphon.COM (Joseph Francis) writes:
>[Why not have a variant of the comma punctuator that does guarantee L-R?]

Because it's not useful enough to be worth adding the baggage to the language
definition.  If such a construct existed, I seriously doubt that it would get
anywhere near as much use as `&&' does.

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