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ANSI C syntax ?

Hi

Does this code satisfy ANSI C syntax ?

void function(void)
{
int a = 2;

a = ({int c; c = a + 2;}); /* <<-- here !! */
printf("a=%d\n", a);
}
Thanks !
tsuyoshi

Mar 10 '07
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Malcolm McLean wrote:
"Richard Bos" <rl*@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nlwrote in message
>"Malcolm McLean" <re*******@btinternet.comwrote:
>>Unfortunately "Yank" is derogatory. "Usanian" is not a
pronounceable word.

How is Yoo-Ess-Ayenians less pronouncable than El-Salvadorians
or Lithuanians?
No hard consonant.
>>
>>"Republicans" would be accurate

Not really.

Americans are Brits who have gotten rid of the monarchy and now
live in a republic. So in English, "Republicans" is fine.
How revolting :-)

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Mar 13 '07 #101
Default User wrote:
Mark McIntyre wrote:
><de***********@yahoo.comwrote:
>>There is one and only one nation on Earth with America in its name.
Guess which citizens RIGHTFULLY use the NATIONAL identity American.

Okay, so now we're into jingoism and xenophobia.

Nonsense. As I said, only one nation that has "America" as part of
its name. There's only one nation for which it makes sense to use
"American" as a national identifier for its citizens.
Point of order: The heart of the Canadian Constitution is the
"British North America Act" of 1867. Besides which Canada is
considerably larger than the USA. However, being easy going and
not prone to fighting (outside of hockey) the Canadian goliath
makes no fuss about the (mis)appropriation of the name. However
environmentally unsound LNG terminals in the dangerous waters of
the entrance to the Bay of Fundy is another matter.

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Mar 13 '07 #102
CBFalconer <cb********@yahoo.comwrote:
Mark McIntyre wrote:
rl*@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos) wrote:
Mark McIntyre <ma**********@spamcop.netwrote:

In similar vein it ticks me off when Yanks refer to me as English,
or refer to my capital city as either Edin-burgh, Edin-borrow or
worst of all, London.

So; to avoid calling it something wrong when I'm there this May:
how _does_ one correctly refer to it, without resorting to Celtic,
which I don't speak?
Edinbra with a short a.

What is that 28 (or so) syllable Welsh town that translates to
"hill hill hill"?
There isn't such a thing; you're confusing LLanfair P.G. and Torpenhow
hill (which actually means "Hill hill hill hill").

Richard
Mar 13 '07 #103
"Malcolm McLean" <re*******@btinternet.comwrote:
"Richard Bos" <rl*@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nlwrote in message
"Malcolm McLean" <re*******@btinternet.comwrote:
Unfortunately "Yank" is derogatory. "Usanian" is not a pronounceable
word.
How is Yoo-Ess-Ayenians less pronouncable than El-Salvadorians or
Lithuanians?
No hard consonant.
There is a city in Egypt, near a famous dam, whose inhabitants are
Assuanians. I don't think anyone would begrudge them this name; I don't
think anyone would have trouble pronouncing it.
"Republicans" would be accurate
Not really.
Americans are Brits
Highly debatable. _Some_ of them are descended of Britons. Some of them
are foolishly proud of being descended of other people.
who have gotten rid of the monarchy
True, but...
and now live in a republic.
....also debatable.

Richard
Mar 13 '07 #104
in 724047 20070313 073028 rl*@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos) wrote:
>"Malcolm McLean" <re*******@btinternet.comwrote:
>"Richard Bos" <rl*@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nlwrote in message
"Malcolm McLean" <re*******@btinternet.comwrote:

Unfortunately "Yank" is derogatory. "Usanian" is not a pronounceable
word.

How is Yoo-Ess-Ayenians less pronouncable than El-Salvadorians or
Lithuanians?
No hard consonant.

There is a city in Egypt, near a famous dam, whose inhabitants are
Assuanians. I don't think anyone would begrudge them this name; I don't
think anyone would have trouble pronouncing it.
>"Republicans" would be accurate

Not really.
Americans are Brits

Highly debatable. _Some_ of them are descended of Britons. Some of them
are foolishly proud of being descended of other people.
>who have gotten rid of the monarchy

True, but...
>and now live in a republic.

....also debatable.

I find it fascinating to note that the three main contributors to this most OT and ridiculous
thread are the three self-appointed "guardians" of the group who jump all over every
other OT post.
Mar 13 '07 #105
Bob Martin wrote:
I find it fascinating to note that the three main contributors to this most OT and ridiculous
thread are the three self-appointed "guardians" of the group who jump all over every
other OT post.
(fx:eeyore)

Everyone has their blind spots and ratholes.

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Mar 13 '07 #106
In article <55*************@mid.individual.netNelu <sp*******@gmail.comwrites:
....
[ about USAnian ]
in order not to create confusion please use the
standard established tens of years ago as opposed to a word
that's not widely used and was invented to poke fun at Americans
after 2001. (It seems the word appeared on the Internet in 2002,
close enough to 2001, Afghanistan and Iraq).
Shall we make that 1987? The earliest attested occurrence that can be
found dates from January 1987. Actually in a discussion similar to this
one.
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Mar 13 '07 #107
Nelu wrote:
>
.... snip ...
>
Os hte cditionakry is ujst orf unf?
You misspelled cditionary.

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Mar 13 '07 #108
In article <T0*************@newsfe2-win.ntli.net>,
Bob Martin <bo********@excite.comwrote:
....
>I find it fascinating to note that the three main contributors to this
most OT and ridiculous thread are the three self-appointed "guardians"
of the group who jump all over every other OT post.
Which just goes to show you how hypocritical they are.

I think it is that everyone has to "let it out" somewhere/somehow, and
when you've got all that much shit stuffed up inside of you and nowhere
to let it go, you seize on the most OT of posts to do it.

Mar 13 '07 #109
Malcolm McLean wrote:
>
"Richard Heathfield" <rj*@see.sig.invalidwrote in message
>>
>>Many Americans consider it HIGHLY insulting to use such neologisms in
place of the proper name.

Which Americans do you mean? Argentinians? Bolivians? Brazilians?
Colombians? Canadians? Guatemalans? Mexicans? Panamanians?
Paraguayans? Peruvians? Uruguayans? Usanians? Venezuelans?
(Non-exhaustive list.)
In eighteenth century English texts "American" usually means a Red Indian.
Probably not much after 1789.

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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
--- Albert Einstein ---
Mar 13 '07 #110
Richard Bos wrote:
"Default User" <de***********@yahoo.comwrote:
>Mark McIntyre wrote:
>>especially in a USAnian
^^^^^^^

The above is not a word. The term you're searching for is "American".

No; an American is someone from Canada, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, or
even, horrors of horrors, Cuba. Or, yes, from the USA.
No. Ask anyone from any of these places, except the USA of course, "Are
you American?" and they will all say "No. I am <nationality>".

How about you? I thought you were Hollandaise. :-)

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--- Albert Einstein ---
Mar 13 '07 #111
Joe Wright wrote:
Richard Bos wrote:
"Default User" <de***********@yahoo.comwrote:
Mark McIntyre wrote:

especially in a USAnian
^^^^^^^

The above is not a word. The term you're searching for is "American".
No; an American is someone from Canada, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, or
even, horrors of horrors, Cuba. Or, yes, from the USA.

No. Ask anyone from any of these places, except the USA of course, "Are
you American?" and they will all say "No. I am <nationality>".
But it's also correct to refer to them as Americans. Just as people of
India, China and Japan can all be called as Asian, any one in the
Americas can be called an American. I admit it's not idiomatic usage,
but it's not wrong. I agree that, in the absence of any other context,
American must be taken to mean a citizen of the USA, since it's use
for that purpose is overwhelmingly more common than the more
generalised form.

The term USAian, doesn't seem offensive. It's awkward to pronounce,
but I don't see how it's insulting.

Mar 13 '07 #112
santosh wrote:
Joe Wright wrote:
>Richard Bos wrote:
>>"Default User" <de***********@yahoo.comwrote:

Mark McIntyre wrote:

especially in a USAnian
^^^^^^^

The above is not a word. The term you're searching for is "American".
No; an American is someone from Canada, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, or
even, horrors of horrors, Cuba. Or, yes, from the USA.
No. Ask anyone from any of these places, except the USA of course, "Are
you American?" and they will all say "No. I am <nationality>".

But it's also correct to refer to them as Americans.
I'd guess it's people like you who say calling Ukrainians "Russians" is
correct. No way, you can not invent names for people just because
it sounds logical to you. If a Colombian says he is American, then he's
American. If he says he's not American, then he's not even if you
call folks from South Pole Antarcticians.
Just as people of
India, China and Japan can all be called as Asian, any one in the
Americas can be called an American. I admit it's not idiomatic usage,
but it's not wrong.
And because everybody thinks American means "from USA", you'd need
to say what you mean.
I agree that, in the absence of any other context,
American must be taken to mean a citizen of the USA, since it's use
for that purpose is overwhelmingly more common than the more
generalised form.
I.e. than the artificial form invented just to generalize something.
The term USAian, doesn't seem offensive. It's awkward to pronounce,
but I don't see how it's insulting.
To me it's funny, like Martian. But if I were an American, maybe
I'd find it offensive when a North-European-Country-With-Londonian
used it. I am sure that in nationality issues one needs to be sensitive
and trust offended person, or at least simply avoid talking about
why it is correct to offend that person.

Yevgen
Mar 13 '07 #113
In article <11**********************@s48g2000cws.googlegroups .com>, Old
Wolf <ol*****@inspire.net.nzwrites
>On Mar 11, 9:01 pm, Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan.removet...@tamu.edu>
wrote:
>Did you ask these people if they are Americans and if they find it
insulting when someone calls them Americans?

Anyway, I am not an American nor a Great-Britaininan, so I guess I
miss very important details about this argument.

Does it bother Kazakhs, Latvians, Uzbeks, Chechens, etc.
to be called Russian?
A lot of them are fighting wars on that very point.

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Mar 14 '07 #114
In article <55*************@mid.individual.net>, Default User
<de***********@yahoo.comwrites
>Mark McIntyre wrote:
>especially in a USAnian
^^^^^^^

The above is not a word. The term you're searching for is "American".
If we're going to be pummeling the non-native speakers for using silly
abbreviations, then we ought to refrain from doing the same ourselves.

I should live with USAian.

In other Newsgroups people from the USA re referred to as
Moronicans.....
though in that case they are usually right wing nuts who think GWB is on
a par with The Pope/Einstein and can do know wrong as he is the only
Truly Great Leader in the world and the only accurate news media in the
world is Fox News :-).

You try suggesting to a Canadian that he is an "American" They tend to
see it as an insult.

If you don't like USAian what term would you use to specifically
describe US citizens?

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Mar 14 '07 #115
In article <9r********************************@4ax.com>, Mark McIntyre
<ma**********@spamcop.netwrites
>On 11 Mar 2007 07:12:02 GMT, in comp.lang.c , "Default User"
<de***********@yahoo.comwrote:
>>Many Americans consider it HIGHLY insulting to use such neologisms in
place of the proper name.

Then many of your countrymen have far too high a sense of
self-importance. There's a fine line between patriotism and jingoism.

In similar vein it ticks me off when Yanks refer to me as English, or
refer to my capital city as either Edin-burgh, Edin-borrow or worst of
all, London. But I'm hardly going to start throwing my toys out of the
pram over it.

Mutter... whinge... west Lothian question... etc :-)
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Mar 14 '07 #116
In article <55*************@mid.individual.net>, Default User
<de***********@yahoo.comwrites
>Richard Bos wrote:
>"Default User" <de***********@yahoo.comwrote:
Many Americans consider it HIGHLY insulting to use such neologisms
in place of the proper name.

Such USAnians should consider that I once coined the neologism
USAlien. Which would you prefer?

Neither. American is the correct term. Like the American in ANSI and
all that.
American is no more the correct term than "illegal combatant" is legal.
Just because the USAians start making uop their own definitions there is
no reason why the rest of the world has to accept them.

However whilst American can be used to cover all inhabitants of American
(north and south) is it generally taken to mean inhabitants of the USA.

I can for the life of me see why anyone should get up set at USAian any
more than Taff, Jock, Brit, Limey, Paddy, Mick etc

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Mar 14 '07 #117
In article <2d********************************@4ax.com>, Mark McIntyre
<ma**********@spamcop.netwrites
>On 11 Mar 2007 07:13:53 GMT, in comp.lang.c , "Default User"
<de***********@yahoo.comwrote:
>>Mark McIntyre wrote:
>>On 10 Mar 2007 20:54:21 GMT, in comp.lang.c , "Default User"
<de***********@yahoo.comwrote:

Mark McIntyre wrote:

especially in a USAnian
^^^^^^^

The above is not a word. The term you're searching for is
"American".

American technically refers to anyone living in the Americas, not just
those living in the USA.

Provide some evidence of such use. I'll bet you have one hell of a hard
time. It's an insult to Americans to rob us of our correct name.

Personally, I think its presumptuous of folk from the USA to refer to
themselves as Americans, as though somehow all the other people living
in North and South America aren't also Americans.

However, since Yanks normally think Scotland is in England,
You mean it isn't? When did that happen!!
and
Edinburgh rhymes with yurg,
and Sinclair is pronounced Saint Clare,
Actually I think it did once....
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Mar 14 '07 #118
In article <55*************@mid.individual.net>, Default User
<de***********@yahoo.comwrites
>Keith Thompson wrote:

>Based on what I've seen in this thread, exactly one American has taken
unreasonable offense at the term "USAnian"

No Americans have taken "unreasonable" offense.
You have

USAian has been used in NG's for most of the 17 years I have been on the
Internet. You are the first person I have seen complain about it. USAian
may be new to Brian but it is in common usage. Get over it.

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Mar 14 '07 #119
In article <55*************@mid.individual.net>, Default User
<de***********@yahoo.comwrites
>Mark McIntyre wrote:

>Personally, I think its presumptuous of folk from the USA to refer to
themselves as Americans, as though somehow all the other people living
in North and South America aren't also Americans.

There is one and only one nation on Earth with America in its name.
Guess which citizens RIGHTFULLY use the NATIONAL identity American.

You've now been told that at least some of your American colleagues and
fellow group members find your use of that neologism offensive. It's
now up to you what you do from this point.
Brian
We could just ignore the USAian Brian? :-)

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Mar 14 '07 #120
In article <11*********************@t69g2000cwt.googlegroups. com>,
santosh <sa*********@gmail.comwrites
>
CBFalconer wrote:
>Zhou wrote:
>
... snip ...
>
for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )

the code above is not valid for ANSI C but valid for C99, and gcc
think it is OK.

C99 is ANSI C. You mean not valid for C90.

Erm, isn't ANSI C synonymous with C90?
C89

C90 was the first ISO C
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Mar 14 '07 #121
In article <55*************@mid.individual.net>, Nelu
<sp*******@gmail.comwrites
>standard established tens of years ago as opposed to a word
that's not widely used and was invented to poke fun at Americans
after 2001. (It seems the word appeared on the Internet in 2002,
close enough to 2001, Afghanistan and Iraq).
USAian has been used in other NG's long before 2001 and is quite common
some NG's.

I have not seen it used as a way of poking fun at the North Americans
from the area north of Mexico and south of Canada.

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Mar 14 '07 #122
In article <ln************@nuthaus.mib.org>, Keith Thompson
<ks***@mib.orgwrites
>CBFalconer <cb********@yahoo.comwrites:
>santosh wrote:
>>CBFalconer wrote:
Zhou wrote:

... snip ...
>
for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )
>
the code above is not valid for ANSI C but valid for C99, and
gcc think it is OK.

C99 is ANSI C. You mean not valid for C90.

Erm, isn't ANSI C synonymous with C90?

No. ANSI C refers to the standard approved by ANSI, which
currently is C99.

Yes, but it's still very common to refer to C89/C90 as "ANSI C".
Incorrect, but common.
Actually C89 is was ANSI C as it was the only C standard
Since then of course it has become ISO C and then every participating
country ratifies it. I use BSI-C..... (it is just more sensible to
refer to it as ISO-C
>Personally, I avoid using the term "ANSI C".
Or BSI-C or DIN-C or....
>I refer to "ISO C" if
it's sufficiently clear from the context whether I'm talking about C90
or C99, and "C90" or "C99" (or rarely "C95") to refer to the language
defined by a particular version of the standard.
I agree. When referring to standards one should be precise and use ISO-C
9* unless referring to K&R 1 or 2

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Mar 14 '07 #123
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:04:46 +0000, Chris Hills <ch***@phaedsys.org>
wrote:
>In article <55*************@mid.individual.net>, Default User
<de***********@yahoo.comwrites
>>Richard Bos wrote:
>>"Default User" <de***********@yahoo.comwrote:

Many Americans consider it HIGHLY insulting to use such neologisms
in place of the proper name.

Such USAnians should consider that I once coined the neologism
USAlien. Which would you prefer?

Neither. American is the correct term. Like the American in ANSI and
all that.

American is no more the correct term than "illegal combatant" is legal.
Just because the USAians start making uop their own definitions there is
no reason why the rest of the world has to accept them.
Here we have an example of why I considered it to be a silly attempt
at insult. One of many by this particular author.
>
However whilst American can be used to cover all inhabitants of American
(north and south) is it generally taken to mean inhabitants of the USA.

I can for the life of me see why anyone should get up set at USAian any
more than Taff, Jock, Brit, Limey, Paddy, Mick etc
But the targets of those appellations sometimes *do* get upset.

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Mar 14 '07 #124
In article <af********************************@4ax.com>, Al Balmer
<al******@att.netwrites
>On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:04:46 +0000, Chris Hills <ch***@phaedsys.org>
wrote:
>>In article <55*************@mid.individual.net>, Default User
<de***********@yahoo.comwrites
>>>Richard Bos wrote:

"Default User" <de***********@yahoo.comwrote:

Many Americans consider it HIGHLY insulting to use such neologisms
in place of the proper name.

Such USAnians should consider that I once coined the neologism
USAlien. Which would you prefer?

Neither. American is the correct term. Like the American in ANSI and
all that.

American is no more the correct term than "illegal combatant" is legal.
Just because the USAians start making uop their own definitions there is
no reason why the rest of the world has to accept them.

Here we have an example of why I considered it to be a silly attempt
at insult. One of many by this particular author.
You seem particularly over sensitive and I don't recall making any
insulting comments aimed at the US in this NG.
>>However whilst American can be used to cover all inhabitants of American
(north and south) is it generally taken to mean inhabitants of the USA.

I can for the life of me see why anyone should get up set at USAian any
more than Taff, Jock, Brit, Limey, Paddy, Mick etc

But the targets of those appellations sometimes *do* get upset.
Then they are told to get a sense of humour and grow up by the rest of
us.
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Mar 14 '07 #125
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:42:27 +0000, Chris Hills <ch***@phaedsys.org>
wrote:
>>Here we have an example of why I considered it to be a silly attempt
at insult. One of many by this particular author.

You seem particularly over sensitive and I don't recall making any
insulting comments aimed at the US in this NG.
Yep. I've always been sensitive to silliness. Keeps my blood pressure
down.

In which newsgroups *do* you make insulting comments aimed at the US?

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Sun City, AZ
Mar 14 '07 #126
Al Balmer said:
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:42:27 +0000, Chris Hills <ch***@phaedsys.org>
wrote:
>>>Here we have an example of why I considered it to be a silly attempt
at insult. One of many by this particular author.

You seem particularly over sensitive and I don't recall making any
insulting comments aimed at the US in this NG.

Yep. I've always been sensitive to silliness. Keeps my blood pressure
down.
Then stay out of alt.humor.best-of-usenet - otherwise your BP will drop
to 0, and that ain't healthy.
In which newsgroups *do* you make insulting comments aimed at the US?
I don't know. Wouldn't /that/ be a weird charter, though? And perhaps
such groups would have to be moderated, to avoid people sneaking in
little off-topic digs at, say, Uzbekistan or Papua New Guinea.

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Mar 15 '07 #127
In article <09********************************@4ax.com>, Al Balmer
<al******@att.netwrites
>On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:42:27 +0000, Chris Hills <ch***@phaedsys.org>
wrote:
>>>Here we have an example of why I considered it to be a silly attempt
at insult. One of many by this particular author.

You seem particularly over sensitive and I don't recall making any
insulting comments aimed at the US in this NG.

Yep. I've always been sensitive to silliness. Keeps my blood pressure
down.

In which newsgroups *do* you make insulting comments aimed at the US?
Well where are the insults I have supposed to be making that you
referred to?

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