XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/01/2026 19:39, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-09, c186282  wrote:   
   >   
   >>     'C' has added a few nicey-nice things, but not TOO much.   
   >>     You can (I do) stick pretty much to K&R and everything   
   >>     still works fine.   
   >   
   > I think of my style as "K&R plus prototypes".  In fact, to   
   > work both ways, my code is still full of constructs like this:   
   >   
   > #ifdef PROTOTYPE   
   > int foo(char *bar, BOOL baz)   
   > #else   
   > int foo(bar, baz) char *bar; BOOL baz;   
   > #endif   
   >   
      
      
   I write whichever way my compilers' defaults accept things.   
      
      
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