Re: Check the Arg Count

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From: Ron Natalie <ron>
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1987 21:18

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You are wrong.  Variable length argument lists are not compelled to work
in C.  In fact, they frequently don't.  That's why we have varargs, which
fudges a variable number of arguments in a fixed calling sequence.  Printf
just happens to get lucky (and frequently is not written in "C" either).

-Ron

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