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Re: __STDC__ and non-conforming ANSI C compilers

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From: Scott Garfinkle
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1989 14:27
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From article <9391@smoke.BRL.MIL>, by gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ):
> ...
> One thing for sure -- I'm not buying compilers that screw this up.

Better not get AT&T SysV R4.0 when it appears, then.  They set __STDC__ to
zero to indicate that you're using their ANSI-type compiler with the
ANSI stuff turned off.  (At least, that is the plan, according to the
presentation in their Software Developers' Conferences.)
		Scott E. Garfinkle
		SMS Data Products Group, Inc.
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From: seg@smsdpg.uu.net (Scott Garfinkle)
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Subject: Re: __STDC__ and non-conforming ANSI C compilers
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Date: 17 Jan 89 14:27:33 GMT
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