On Thu, 03 May 2012 17:16:41 -0500, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > I think I'm going to have to work out how these ellipsis things work > in > 'C'. I'm used to working in strongly typed languages where you don't > just throw stuff on the stack and hope the code on the other end can > deal with it properly.
It has been to many years since I crawled into the code at that level, so I am not sure where in the code you are refering... that being said, the va_array stuff allows you to test for types and sort it out at runtime. Not sure where to point you for that one, but yes it is very essoteric programming... > I guess it took too long to crash the machine writing assembly, so > they > invented C. From the history of programming languages: > >> >> http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html > > 1972 - Dennis Ritchie invents a powerful gun that shoots both forward > and backward simultaneously. Not satisfied with the number of deaths > and > permanent maimings from that invention he invents C and Unix. Go on to read his work on the Plan 9 operating system... Oh, also read up on the ray-gun toting Space Bunny Glenda! (this is a totally legit reference, and mind the drummers) EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
