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From: paul@u02.svl.cdc.com (Paul Kohlmiller)
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Subject: Re: To ANSI or not to ANSI (was: Re: Just a minor new twist on free())
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Date: 9 Oct 90 18:31:55 GMT
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pds@lemming.webo.dg.com (Paul D. Smith) writes:

>Some people mentioned that ANSI compilers are not in widespread use
>"yet" (but hey, grab & port GCC and there you go!), and we should wait
>until they are -- I ask, when will this be and how will we know it's
>time?
I don't know when but I think we know how we will know that it is  time. It
will be after NIST approves a validation suite and then the phrase ANSI-
conforming might mean something.

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