Re: C standard question?

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Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On 8 May, 04:35, Jack Klein <jackkl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:23:50 -0700 (PDT), Tomás Ó hÉilidhe
>> <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in comp.lang.c:
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>> > On May 7, 8:20 pm, Eric Sosman <Eric.Sos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> > >         unsigned int ui = (unsigned int)uc << 24;
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>> > You wouldn't believe how many people do the likes of the following:
>>
>> >     char unsigned uc1, uc2;
>>
>> I would have a hard time believing that any people in the world other
>> than you write the ridiculous "char unsigned".
>
>One Frederick Gotham who used to post here a lot
>preferred "char unsigned", someone called it
>ridiculous, then Frederick called that person fascist
>and it went on from there quite unpleasantly for a
>while. Did you miss all that ? Is Tomás Ó hÉilidhe
>the same person as Frederick Gotham ?
>
>Anyway I believe that "char unsigned" is harmless
>and does not warrant an inflammatory and potentially
>offensive comment as "ridiculous". Especially if it's
>the only comment in the post.

I would agree however it depends on the reaction of the person being 
told that they are in a minority of 2 in a sample size of several 
100,000.

Do compilers still accept char unsigned?  Some used to but I bet many 
don't now and Tomas does say he is trying to write fully ****table code.
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