The problem here is a C -language one. C wots not of function variables; but it does admit, as a sort of afterthought, of pointers to functions. This is enormously convenient but highly problematic.
Ritchie realized this; and in his new super-C and super-UNIX this and many other problems of its sort were dealt with; the operator-precedence problems that plague C were, for example, put right. Regrettably, funding for his new undertaking almost but never quite materialized; and now he is gone. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
