Re: strcmp()

[Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International]

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> The return values for as well as the arguments for strcmp() are
> defined by  the ANSI  and ISO specifications.

And that is wonderful for ANSI and ISO compliant compilers.  But is was a long
time coming that those august bodies even looked at our little operating
system called "Unix" or Dennis' "C" compiler, and longer still before the
various compilers supported those standards.

I have two copies of K&R, one is the original (signed by DR), and the other
is "the new edition, supporting ANSI standards".

I also remember that one reason why DEC "C" sold so well...when you turned on
the "ANSI" flag, you got ANSI "C"....and ONLY ANSI "C".

Ken Olsen would love it.

mad "and old" dog
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