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the_daikon_warfare (sicp@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 11:18:08 JST the_daikon_warfare
@p @ThatWouldBeTelling
I was more or less referring to how the old C syntax makes more sense when using a line editor like ed. If you write functions like this:
foo(a, b)
int a;
char *b;
...
it's easier to change, since if you wanted to say, change the type of a variable you wouldn't have to rewrite the whole line.