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From: jrv@Mitre-Bedford
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Subject: Re: C type declarations
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Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 17:51:26 EST
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>     Indeed, changing the syntax of C type declarations at this oint is totally
> infeasible and would break lots of existing programs.  (The preious article
> suggested parsing type declarations from left to right instead f by
> precedence.)  ...
>                            Morris M. Keesan

The change I suggested could be done with only an *addition*
to the syntax - specifically, overloading the ^ operator with
a postfix as well as an infix meaning, and adding a new
declaration syntax.  I don't *think* this would break any
existing programs.
                            - Jim Van Zandt