Re: C compiler validation

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From: Martin Bonner
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 12:33

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In article: <4hsps6$l11@jukebox.plug-in.com.br>  coelho@plug-in.com.br (Gustavo Augusto 
Coelho) writes:
> 
> gautemyk@idt.unit.no (Gaute Myklebust) wrote:
> 
> >I want to verify if a C compiler confirms to the ANSI standard. Does
> >anyone know of test suites for this purpose ?
> 
> If a understand correct you want to know if your compiler is a ANSI
> standard or not ?
Correct
> If i am correct you can find out this looking at the compiler's
> manual.Simple isn't it :)
Nope.  That only tells you whether the vendor _CLAIMS_ the compiler is
ANSI (or ISO) standard.  Whether it _IS_ or not is an entirely 
different question.
>  
> Gustavo Augusto Coelho
> email:coelho@plug-in.com.br
> Let's talk about C/C++ and Demos
> Porto Alegre - Brazil
> 
> 
> 

Martin Bonner
Pi Technology, Milton Hall, Cambridge, ENGLAND
+44 1223 441256
mbonner@pires.co.uk

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