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(From "The Masked Rat Fink"   "Computing and Informatics Yr4")

Question.

(This is probably a really silly one to any C wizards, but I'm only a BASIC
wizard!)

Why wont Sozobon, Lattice or any other C compiler I've tried compile the
following, from K&R?

main()
     $
     char fred[] = "Some string constant";
     <rest of routine>
     

This has been confusing me for a while, as K&R (surely correct!) would
seem to indicate that this is indeed permissible!

Your observations would be very much appreciated! Please reply to the
net as the mailer I'm forced to use is _MEGA_ brain damaged!! :-(

TMRF
[A Rat with a very small brain] - Appologies to A.A. Milne :-)

PS I've actually met Christopher Robin! Does that make me famous??


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