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Jerry Coffin (jcoffin@rmii.com) wrote:
: Sean A Corfield <sean@corf.demon.co.uk> wrote:

: >Interestingly (or not) there's nothing to prevent a NON-conforming C
: >compiler from predefining __STDC__ to be 1! I recall a well-known compiler
: >which predefined __STDC__ as zero (unless in ansi compliant mode) -- this
: >wreaked havoc with code that simply had:

: It's a tautology that the standard has no control over non-standard
: compilers...

Whilst not disagreeing with you about the actual position I have
wondered before whether ANSI could have trademarked something like
__STDC__ and then licensed its general use to vendors who made a
reasonable atempt to be compliant. Mind you even if legal this could
and I guess would) have caused more problems than it solved, especially
if use required payment.

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