11 lines
2.4 KiB
HTML
11 lines
2.4 KiB
HTML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
|
||
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nasal demons</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="narg.html" title="narg"/><link rel="next" href="nastygram.html" title="nastygram"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nasal demons</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="narg.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nastygram.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nasal-demons"/><dt xmlns="" id="nasal-demons"><b>nasal demons</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Recognized shorthand on the Usenet group <tt class="systemitem">comp.std.c</tt> for any unexpected behavior of a C
|
||
compiler on encountering an undefined construct. During a discussion on
|
||
that group in early 1992, a regular remarked “<span class="quote">When the compiler
|
||
encounters [a given undefined construct] it is legal for it to make demons
|
||
fly out of your nose</span>” (the implication is that the compiler may
|
||
choose any arbitrarily bizarre way to interpret the code without violating
|
||
the ANSI C standard). Someone else followed up with a reference to
|
||
“<span class="quote">nasal demons</span>”, which quickly became established. The
|
||
original post is web-accessible at <a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=10195%40ksr.com" target="_top">http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=10195%40ksr.com</a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="narg.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nastygram.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">narg </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> nastygram</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
|