ANSI C-compliant compiler (info req)
Karl Klashinsky
klash at hobbes.UUCP
Tue May 16 23:18:28 AEST 1989
Thanks for reading this far.
WHAT:
I am curious about the existence of ANSI standard-conforming
compilers. Are there any out there yet? Are they commercial?
Is there a GNU ANSI C compiler?
WHY:
We are having a small war (read: debate) on whether we should
develop in C or in our own proprietary language. Opponents of
C argue that C does not provide proper type-checking of function
arguments. I'm arguing that ANSI C would give us this, and more
(portability is important), but I need to be able to wave an
ANSI C compiler in their face and say "See! It really does
exist!"
On a related note, can anybody tell me if there is going to be some
kind of symbol defined so that I can 'ifdef' code for an ANSI
compiler? For eg, I would like to be able to do something like
this:
#ifdef ANSI
extern void foo ( int, char * );
#else
extern void foo ();
#endif
Thanks,
Karl Klashinsky "I shall endeavour to
Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. function adequately."
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