1. In using compact syntax like "?:" in C do we really optimise anything?
2. Kerninghan says in his book "C is not a block structured language because a function cannot be defined within another".So what has this to do with block structure language.Also what is a block structured language?
3."Printf is not a part of C language".How?
4.At most how many commandline arguements can we pass. Is it the maximum number "int" can hold?
Last edited by Salem; 02-12-2006 at 01:09 PM. Reason: de tagging stuff which shouldn't have been tagged
1. No. just a shorthand way of doing if statements. The compiler will most likely generate the same code as if you use if statements.
2. not sure either.
3. yes, printf() has always been part of the C language standard library.
4. There is no limit to the number of command-line arguments, except the largest number that can be put into an integer (see limits.h). There is a practical limit of the number of characters that can be on the command-line -- and that depends on the operating system.
5. Why do people who post to forums use code tags for text--which preserves the exact formatting and results in the page being double width--when quote tags would achieve the same effect yet make the screen normal width and easy to read?
6. Why do people who post to forums fail to proof read their posts in order to catch mistakes they make?
3. printf is not part of the C language, its part of the C standard library.
7. Please give me your definition of an "authentic answer".
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8. Why do you post your homework/exam question here?
As for 3., I personally consider the standard library part of the language, so the question's premise is flawed.
As for 4., this has nothing to do with C. Please kick your teacher.
Psychopath: I think he meant "authoritative".
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Ah, now it makes sense.Psychopath: I think he meant "authoritative".
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of course Printf (capital f) is not a part of the language nor the standard library (which I indeed consider a part of the language as well, though technically that's not quite correct).
Well, it's part of the official ISO language specification, so I think it's fair to say that it's part of the language.Originally Posted by jwenting
Not a required part though - freestanding implementations do not need to provide the CRT. But then, they don't need to provide a few other features either.
All the buzzt!
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
