Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meeting

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Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings:

10: Sorry, but that's too useful.
9: Dammit, little-endian systems *are* more consistent!
8: I'm on the committee and I *still* don't know what the hell
#pragma is for.
7: Well, it's an excellent idea, but it would make the compilers too
hard to write.
6: Them bats is smart; they use radar.
5: All right, who's the wiseguy who stuck this trigraph stuff in here?
4: How many times do we have to tell you, "No prior art!"
3: Ha, ha, I can't believe they're actually going to adopt this sucker.
2: Thank you for your generous donation, Mr. Wirth.
1: Gee, I wish we hadn't backed down on 'noalias'.

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