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Article #2735Re: On whether C has first-class composable functions
From: Douglas E. Quale
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 1991 16:06
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 1991 16:06
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In article <14484:Feb206:54:1191@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: >In article <1991Feb2.012304.2425@spool.cs.wisc.edu> quale@picard.cs.wisc.edu (Douglas E. Quale) writes: >> The functions are statically allocated, and this ISN'T an arbitrary limit? > >Correct. There is no fixed or arbitrary limit on the size of a C program >or on the number of functions it contains. > Dan, sometimes I think we don't speak the same language. The number of functions in a C program is limited to EXACTLY the number of functions that are provided at compile time. This number cannot be altered (most crucially, increased) at run time. How do you know, at compile time, EXACTLY how many composed functions I want??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? -- Doug Quale quale@picard.cs.wisc.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!zazen!uwvax!picard.cs.wisc.edu!quale From: quale@picard.cs.wisc.edu (Douglas E. Quale) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: On whether C has first-class composable functions Message-ID: <1991Feb4.160639.2766@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 4 Feb 91 16:06:39 GMT References: <3576:Jan2622:55:2991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Feb2.012304.2425@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <14484:Feb206:54:1191@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu (The News) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 19