From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP inconsistencies?
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 20:35:57 -0800
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Paul Peavyhouse wrote:

>         ...IT WORKS?!?!?!  I can live with writing it this way, but I
> want to
> know why the compiler pukes when I write it the other way.  Can any help
> me
> here?  I'd appreciate it!

Because the later is legal C.  The former is not.  It's the same problem as
the other issue you posted about; C and C++ are not the same language.

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