Re: Mac C Compilers, Benchmarks, Stupidity

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From: Joel West
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1987 13:41

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I would note that most Pascal compilers can assume that arrays
are < 32 Kb long, or can at least tell short arrays from long
arrays.  Because of the nature of C, any reasonable compiler
must assume that any array can be any length, including longer
than 32 Kb.

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