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From: hp@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Peter Holzer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: 1.6.10 :-(
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Date: 10 Dec 90 20:13:34 GMT
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HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Christoph van Wuellen) writes:

>Dear Andy,

>take care that the new code will be compilable by an 'old-fashioned'
>K&R compiler. This will make the experimental guys which port MINIX
>to new platforms happy (say, for a T800, a K&R-compiler is easier to get/write
>than a full-fledged ANSI compiler).

And please take also those poor people into account who use a
compiler (bcc) which cannot assign structures. Not everybody
working with Minix-386 has enough memory to run GCC.

(It is fascinating how fast a fighter for ANSI-C like me "There
is no C but ANSI-C" changes his mind if he is forced to use an
old compiler).

Alternatively you can make the source code for the compiler and
people will make it work on a 386 (This would get you lots of
applause :-).

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