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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: encapsulating directory operations
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 09:39:51 +0100
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On 29/05/2025 08:27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 23 May 2025 23:13:20 +0100, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> 
>> And who cares about future instability if C90 remains just as stable as
>> ever it was?
> 
> Even with the problems with const?
> 
>      char *strstr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
> 
> Dennis Ritchie pointed out the trouble with that.

Is C90 perfect? No, of course not. "C is quirky, flawed, and an 
enormous success."

Is there value in having a powerful, widely-available language 
that, when you turn your back for a moment, stays *exactly* where 
you left it? Hell, yes.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
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