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Article #5531Re: __STDC__ and non-conforming ANSI C compilers
From: Norman Diamond
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1988 03:10
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1988 03:10
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In article <6093@hoptoad.uucp>, gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: > The code that I have so far written using __STDC__ uses it to > determine whether the historic-C preprocessor was there or whether the > committee-designed preprocessor was there. This is necessary because > the committee designed a new syntax incompatible with every existing > piece of source code, and disabled the features that old code used. Good thing the committee only considers standardizing practices that have some trial experience, and doesn't invent new features or forms. :-I (I for irony?) -- Norman Diamond, Sony Computer Science Lab (diamond%csl.sony.jp@relay.cs.net) The above opinions are my own. | Why are programmers criticized for If they're also your opinions, | re-inventing the wheel, when car you're infringing my copyright. | manufacturers are praised for it?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!kddlab!titcca!sragwa!wsgw!socslgw!diamond From: diamond@csl.sony.JUNET (Norman Diamond) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: __STDC__ and non-conforming ANSI C compilers Message-ID: <10092@socslgw.csl.sony.JUNET> Date: 23 Dec 88 03:10:31 GMT References: <3236@pegasus.ATT.COM> <9167@smoke.BRL.MIL> <6093@hoptoad.uucp> Organization: Sony Computer Science Laboratory Inc., Tokyo, Japan Lines: 16