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Re: Doubts about pointers

Subject: Re: Doubts about pointers
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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:50:59 +0000 UTC
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In article <-rOdnWPw4OvjJnHanZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@xxxxxx>,
Richard Heathfield  <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>santosh said:

>> Don't
>> you think the beginner is going to get confused under masses of
>> implementation extensions?
>
>Not at all. If you want to teach them implementation extensions, use just 
>one compiler. If you want to teach them ISO C, use lots of compilers, and 
>never tell them which one you're going to use for testing their program.

No, test it with *all* of the compilers you mention to them, and tell
them that.


dave
(builds even his Windows-specific code on three different platforms)

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