C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand sounds like "address"'

Re:C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand so... by sigsev_251 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @11:51AM (#37833730)

Integer promotion will probably never be removed from the fundamental types (char, signed char, short, etc.). You can use `_BitInt`(N) types in the future which don't follow the implicit integer promotion rule. There are at least two compilers today that implement it (clang and SDCC).

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Re:C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand so... by masklinn on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @01:21AM (#37841192)

> Integer promotion will probably never be removed from the fundamental types

Oh let me assure you, I have no actual expectation that C would ever change in such a way.

Although it should be noted that both suggestions are entirely syntactic and could be gated behind a per-file (or even per function) stricture a la strict mode.

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