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Re: printf, va_end, freestanding implementation

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From: Thomas Koenig
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 14:52
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In comp.std.c, sgr@ae-sun01.alden.com (Stan Ryckman) wrote:

>OK, I'm a fish.  I'll take the bait.  What principle?

From my limited understanding of the intentions behind the standard -
this would allow a compiler writer to treat the standard library
functions as part of the language itself, like Fortran does, instead of
linking against a library function with possibly unknown properties.
-- 
Thomas König, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet.
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
logarithmic diagram.
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From: ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)
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Subject: Re: printf, va_end, freestanding implementation
Date: 2 Oct 1995 15:52:35 +0100
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