The GNU C compiler apparently still permits this, and the VC++ 2005 compiler permits it too, though it issues a Level-4 warning if it’s C code, and a Level-2 warning if it’s C++ code.
Google Labs: Code Search. Granted access to billions of lines of code and the awesome power of Google’s search technology, I did what any rational, thinking programmer would do: I typed in some profanity and hit enter.
"Five-day weeks of eight-hour days maximize long-term output in every industry that has been studied over the past century. What makes us think that our [IT] industry is somehow exempt from this rule?"