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Astronomy vs. Gastroenterology

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gah4

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Jul 9, 2021, 1:55:36 AM7/9/21
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It seems that there is a story from when assumed size arrays were added, that an article was written called "Astronomy vs. Gastroenterology".

There is a "citation needed" request in Wikipedia about it, so I thought I would find a citation.

Specifically, it is the question about using star or colon for the indicator.
(That is, the specialties of those people.)

Dick Hendrickson

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Jul 9, 2021, 12:44:19 PM7/9/21
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I'm pretty sure it was an old (70s?) paper written by Walt Brainerd.
Yes, it was the use of * and : in syntax.

I briefly poked around but couldn't find the paper.

Dick Hendrickson
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