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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Is ANSI C appropriate for systems programing?
Message-ID: <6940@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 6 Jan 88 03:31:27 GMT
References: <3806@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <3806@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes:
>Is ANSI C appropriate for systems programming?

Not only is it appropriate, it's practically essential if you're
concerned about maximal portability of your "system programs".

On the other hand, people who like to slap code together any-which-way
will probably be annoyed at the diagnostics an ANSI C compiler will
produce when fed their code.  Those who have developed more careful
coding habits won't notice much difference, other than the improved
environment (standard library, etc.).

Some of the new ANSI C features are actually quite useful, so once
one can rely on the presence of widespread ANSI C support, programming
(particularly portable programming) will become easier and more enjoyable.