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Date: Wed,  7 Dec 2005 23:39:50 -0800
From: geoff@collyer.net
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I like Ken's comment in A New C Compiler:

Volatile seems to have no meaning, so it is hard to tell if ignoring
it is a departure from the standard.  Const only confuses library
interfaces with the hope of catching some rare errors.