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From: mcferrin@inuxc.UUCP (P McFerrin)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re:  Bug in Unix System V C compiler
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 01:00:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  6 01:00:52 1984
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>    From ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA Sat Aug  4 07:08:15 1984
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>    From: ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA
>    Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
>    Subject: Re:  Bug in Unix System V C compiler
>    Message-ID: <739@sri-arpa.UUCP>
>    Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.739
>    Posted: Sat Aug  4 07:08:15 1984
>    From:      Ron Natalie 
>    
>    The problem is that even cutting back to only eight letters is not
>    sufficient because no AT&T C compiler seems to be able to handle even
>    eight properly.
>    
>    -Ron
>    
>    
The limit of 8 characters for variable names are for 'internal' variables.
The ones that are NOT global and defined within local proceedures.
It is the external (globbal) variables that have additional characters added
to form the external symbol.  Therefore, external variables usually have
a limit less than 8.  I don't remember how much but I think that it varies
among different releases of the compiler.