va_list used in <stdio.h>

[Henry Spencer]

In article <1515 at muffin.cme.nbs.gov> libes at cme.nbs.gov (Don Libes) writes:
>... I will say that V1#1 was worthwhile.  In fact, I was
>extremely impressed.
>
>The articles were real "meat" articles spelling out problems and
>solutions to the real hard problems facing C implementors and
>programmers today.

Oh, I agree, the content is good stuff.  It's just ludicrously priced.

>As far as the price, I can't afford it either, but I am asking my
>employer to buy a subscription.  (You'll notice this in your next tax
>increase.)  If you are really as interested in C as you claim to be,
>get your employer to buy a copy for crissakes.

My employer would look at a PO for it, inquire "what's this?", and on
finding out that it was costing about C$2 per page, say "what in God's
name kind of paper is it printed on -- gold leaf?!?".  The upshot would
be "forget it".

It is a mistake to assume that C implementors are all rich corporations
to whom several hundred dollars a year is petty cash.
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