ANSI C

[Jon Leech]

	I would be interested in hearing answers to these questions from
people who have experience with other standardized languages (eg F77):

	i) How long after the standard is put out does it take for
		compilers to come out which support it?

	ii) How long does it take for essentially ALL compilers to support
		it; i.e., is it reasonable to expect to write a truly
		portable program in ANSI C before 1990 or some such?

		[ It occurs to me that there might be a lot of demand
		  for a compiler which compiles ANSI C into K&R C,
		  at least for the first few years. ]

	Basically what I'm trying to get a feel for is this: ANSI C is
all fine and well, but how long before it can really be USED?
 
    -- Jon Leech (jon at csvax.caltech.edu || ...seismo!cit-vax!jon)
    Caltech Computer Science Graphics Group
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