From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 4063 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2020 13:11:44 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with UTF8ESMTPZ; 25 Apr 2020 13:11:44 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 24E659C92D; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:11:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 386E89C861; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:11:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BC1DF9C733; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:11:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mercury.lcs.mit.edu (mercury.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.122]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C9AE9C171 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:11:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 11178) id 6E54F18C0B6; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 09:11:12 -0400 (EDT) To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-Id: <20200425131112.6E54F18C0B6@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 09:11:12 -0400 (EDT) From: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) Subject: Re: [TUHS] v7 K&R C X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > From: Rob Pike > Convenient though the shorthand may be, it always bothered me as > inconsistent and misleading. As someone who made very extensive use of procedure pointers (most notably in upcalls, which never caught on, alas), I couldn't agree more. Two very different things are happenging, but with the shorthand notation, they share an identical representation. And for what? To save three characters? Noel