al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski) (10/14/85)
> > > > There were two papers given at the Dallas USENIX Conference (Jan 1985) > > on this general topic: > > > > Latent Source Bugs and UNIX System Portability > > Alan Filipski, Motorola Microsystems > > > > Can't Happen or /* NOTREACHED */ or Real Programs Dump Core > > Ian Darwin & Geoff Collyer, University of Toronto > > > > Both papers are replete with examples of How Not To Do Things, cogent > > observations about portability, and guidelines for good coding > > practices. I recommend them highly to anyone who programs in C at any > > time, regardless of whether they intend to make their programs portable > > or not. > > > > Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU > > OK, I'll bite. How do we obtain copies of these papers? > Well, I'll send a reprint of my paper to anybody who wants one. Just send me your name and (physical) mailing address. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alan Filipski, UNIX group, Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ U.S.A {seismo|ihnp4}!ut-sally!oakhill!mot!al | ucbvax!arizona!asuvax!mot!al ------------------------------------------------------------------------