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[QUOTE="Richard Heathfield, post: 1697875"]
If you're wise, Mark, you'll retract that. Mr Plauger's statement, quoted 
above, is IMHO erroneous, but I don't think it's legitimate to call him an 
idiot.

He has already stated for the benefit of this newsgroup that (what I 
consider to be) his unusual circumstances make it sensible for him to make 
his code capable of being compiled under both C and C++; given his 
reputation, it makes sense to take him at his word (although that does not 
necessarily mean it's sensible to emulate him blindly, in this case; we're 
not /all/ writing standard libraries for C and C++ compilers, after all).

I am not forced into the position of choosing which of you is right about 
malloc (for I have my own opinion on that, and I like to think that it's an 
informed opinion); and thank heaven for that, when both sides are using 
words like "idiot" and "nonsense". I dread to think what must be going 
through the newbies' heads as they read your exchange with Mr Plauger.
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