6 char externs and the ANSI standard

[qwerty at drutx.UUCP]

As one who was just bit by trying to port software (my own, unfortunately)
from a machine that understood externs > 6 characters to a modern Vax 11/780
that didn't, I am all for encouraging anything that will get Dec's software
out of the dark ages molded around 6 bit ASCII notation and label syntax
carried up from OS-8 operating systems.  POX on 6 character externs.

					Brian Jones