noalias comments to X3J11

Stephen J. Friedl friedl at vsi.UUCP
Mon Mar 21 14:47:39 AEST 1988


In article <7753 at alice.UUCP>, dmr at alice.UUCP (Dennis Ritchie) writes:
> 4.  What to do?
> 
>      Noalias must go.  This is non-negotiable.
> 
>      It must not be reworded, reformulated or reinvented.
> The draft's description is badly flawed, but that is not the
> problem.  The concept is wrong from start to finish.  It
> negates every brave promise X3J11 ever made about codifying
> existing practices, preserving the existing body of code,
> and keeping (dare I say it?) `the spirit of C.'

Now >>this<< is a man who does not mince his words.

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