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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: K&R vs ANSI-c
Message-ID: <14835@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 13 Jan 91 02:26:48 GMT
References: <114@skyking.UUCP>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <114@skyking.UUCP> jc@skyking.UUCP (J.C. Webber III) writes:
>I'm a bit concerned.  My machine's manufacturer is now defunct
>(CounterPoint Computers).  As the world slowly moves to ANSI-c
>what happens to those of us  with older machines that don't
>have the ability or resources to have the new compiler ported to
>our machines?

If you don't replace your system within a very few years,
code importing difficulties will be the least of your worries.
Computer technology has been advancing at such a rate that it
is normally more economical for most businesses to upgrade to
a new system every few years than to continue using an old one
forever.