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		jeltz 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The earliest versions of the first C compiler know... Isn't the original inclusion of the auto keyword more in line with what you expect from design by committee? Including a keyword which serves no purpose other than theretical completeness?

pjmlp 9 months ago [–]

I was talking more in general, not specific regarding auto.

Actually I did use C compilers, with K&R C subset for home computers, where auto mattered.

Naturally they are long gone, this was in the early 1990's.

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