From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 27.10.2025 23:33, Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
   > David Brown  wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >   
   > Sorry, "proof by analogy" is usually wrong.  If you insist on   
   > analogies the right one would be function prototypes: old style   
   > function declarations where inherently unsafe and it was fixed   
   > by adding new syntax for function declarations and definitions,   
   > in parallel to old syntax.  Now old style declarations are   
   > officially retired.  Bart proposed new syntax for all   
   > declarations to be used in parallel with old ones, that is   
   > exaclty the same fix as used to solve unsafety of old   
   > function declarations.   
      
   As far as I recall, Dennis Ritchie has written about the practical   
   problem with "C" compilers having to support two different versions   
   [of the function declaration topic] for compatibility reasons.   
      
   Early and central "misdesigns" are not easy to address; it hurts.   
      
   (That's one difference between the often discredited "design by   
   committee" and a more casual growing design from a single person   
   or interest group.)   
      
   Janis   
      
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