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C is just perfect as it is.

• Koshkin 5y ago
  But K&R C was (aesthetically) more perfect. ANSI could not live with that, apparently.
  • bear8642 5y ago
    You mean no function prototypes or just the idea that declarations defaulted to int? Only used ANSI so wondering what excellence of K&R C mean
    • Koshkin 5y ago
      Both. Note that a huge amount of groundbreaking code had been written in K&R C before someone decided that it was "not good enough."
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