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From article <23277A@erik.naggum.no>, by enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum):
> Steve Clamage <steve@taumet.com> writes:
> |
> |   5.  In our first effort at making a Standard compiler, we rejected all
> |   non-conforming code.  We quickly found out no one would buy such a
> |   compiler.  We had to allow, at least under some circumstances, even code
> |   which was explictly illegal because our customers demanded compatibility.
> 
> Sigh.  Where can I get a compiler which rejects non-conforming code?
> Call it an educational tool more than a production tool, if you like.

	gcc -Wall -ansi -pedantic comes pretty close. Of course, there are
a few -W flags that are _not_ included in -Wall (rather puts the lie to
"all", no?), that you may need to turn on also. Upon "taking on" a piece
of code that I didn't write (or wrote long ago) for "maintainance", I
usually take a day or too to get a warning-free compilation. It's amazing
how many bugs one can find in "working" code :-)

	Of course, I can't always get rid of all the warnings, Since the
system-supplied header files on my SYSV386 are not conforming...

					Mike

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