* [9fans] Purely historical question on variadic function notation
@ 2013-10-14 21:40 fgergo
2013-10-16 4:21 ` Joel C. Salomon
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From: fgergo @ 2013-10-14 21:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
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Who invented ... notation in c?
I'll appreciate any hints.
thanks,
Gergő
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* Re: [9fans] Purely historical question on variadic function notation
2013-10-14 21:40 [9fans] Purely historical question on variadic function notation fgergo
@ 2013-10-16 4:21 ` Joel C. Salomon
2013-10-16 6:40 ` fgergo
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From: Joel C. Salomon @ 2013-10-16 4:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Gergő Födémesi <fgergo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Who invented ... notation in c?
> I'll appreciate any hints.
I'd guess this comes from C++, along with all function prototypes.
--Joel
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* Re: [9fans] Purely historical question on variadic function notation
2013-10-16 4:21 ` Joel C. Salomon
@ 2013-10-16 6:40 ` fgergo
2013-10-16 7:22 ` arnold
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From: fgergo @ 2013-10-16 6:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Thanks for the guess!
Since I could not directly find this information, at the moment I am
trying to find when ... was introduced. I hope to find a hint during
this search.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Gergő Födémesi <fgergo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Who invented ... notation in c?
>> I'll appreciate any hints.
>
> I'd guess this comes from C++, along with all function prototypes.
>
> --Joel
>
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* Re: [9fans] Purely historical question on variadic function notation
2013-10-16 6:40 ` fgergo
@ 2013-10-16 7:22 ` arnold
2013-10-16 7:37 ` fgergo
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From: arnold @ 2013-10-16 7:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
It came into C89 from C++, along with all the function prototype stuff,
just as Joel said.
I no longer have all the paper drafts from the initial ANSI C effort
but I remember this quite well.
Arnold
fgergo@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for the guess!
> Since I could not directly find this information, at the moment I am
> trying to find when ... was introduced. I hope to find a hint during
> this search.
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Gergő Födémesi <fgergo@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Who invented ... notation in c?
> >> I'll appreciate any hints.
> >
> > I'd guess this comes from C++, along with all function prototypes.
> >
> > --Joel
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* Re: [9fans] Purely historical question on variadic function notation
2013-10-16 7:22 ` arnold
@ 2013-10-16 7:37 ` fgergo
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From: fgergo @ 2013-10-16 7:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: arnold; +Cc: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
I think that's a big help. Thank you Joel and Arnold!
Gergő
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:22 AM, <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
> It came into C89 from C++, along with all the function prototype stuff,
> just as Joel said.
>
> I no longer have all the paper drafts from the initial ANSI C effort
> but I remember this quite well.
>
> Arnold
>
> fgergo@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the guess!
>> Since I could not directly find this information, at the moment I am
>> trying to find when ... was introduced. I hope to find a hint during
>> this search.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Gergő Födémesi <fgergo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Who invented ... notation in c?
>> >> I'll appreciate any hints.
>> >
>> > I'd guess this comes from C++, along with all function prototypes.
>> >
>> > --Joel
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