[Info-vax] Once again trying to use the SSL ported to VMS

[Bob Koehler]

In article <f997153b-f364-4e9d-9144-debc3f5039d6 at n10g2000vbg.googlegroups.com>, Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>    Not really.  Everything's complicated, and this is no
> exception.  A Web search for almost anything should find a
> less bogus explanation.  For example:

   I'll go with folks who are fully knowledgeable about the ANSI C
   standard.

> 
>    A simple test program using "sizeof" should be able to
> settle that question.

   Which only tells you how it is that one time, that one set of
   compiler options, ..., not what it is guaranteed to be.

   That's the kind of approach that does not consult the documentation,
   leading to lots of work for maintenance programmers.  And when I
   worked in sofftware maintenance I hated fixing the resulting garbage.