Robert Lunn wrote: > Ok, I'll say _largely_ a 90's phenomenon. As an opinion, I > would say that even through the late 80's it was K&R C that > was the 'reference' for C. Note that I'm talking about > programmers in the field, not necessarily guys who work for > companies that write compilers. ;) Uh, Guys, Harbison & Steele is on the bookshelf of every C programmer I know.. -- Tom Rogers