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From: Tristan Seligmann <mithrandi-9fans@mithrandi.za.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] "ridiculous benchmarks"-r-us
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Date: Fri,  9 Jan 2004 22:06:11 +0200
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 13:52:55 -0500, Brantley Coile wrote:
> What possible rationale did they have for adding nested procedures to C?
> Did they call them mid-functions in the standard?  Why rename a concept
> just because it's 47 years old!

I think he means that C99 allows you to have variable definitions at any
point in a block, instead of forcing you to place them at the beginning
of the block.

mithrandi