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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Porting to a 3b2
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Date: 17 Aug 90 00:10:56 GMT
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Reply-To: karl@kelp.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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In article <28562@netnews.upenn.edu> kehoe@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Brendan Kehoe) writes:
>[Tried to port a program, but the compiler doesn't support prototypes or
>automatic aggregate initialization.]  Is it K&R compatible at all??

Ah, how naive today's youth; the new standard is in place for but a year, and
they believe there's never been anything else.

You are describing a pre-ANSI compiler.  Second edition K&R describes ANSI C;
the implementation in question adheres to First edition K&R (plus the
enhancements that were added to the language shortly after publication).
Function prototypes and automatic aggregate initialization are features that
are new to ANSI C.

Either obtain an ANSI C compiler (gcc is a good choice), or rewrite your code
to be compliant to Classic C.  The former is probably easier.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@kelp.ima.isc.com or ima!kelp!karl), The Walking Lint