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From: shebs%defun.utah.edu.uucp@utah-cs.UUCP (Stanley T. Shebs)
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Subject: Re: C Compilers for the Atari ST
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Date: 24 Jan 88 16:47:23 GMT
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In article <410@cstowe.csoft.co.nz> greg@cstowe.csoft.co.nz (Greg) writes:

>> How close to the K&R standard is it [MWC] ?
>
>It seems to cause very few problems in porting from a Unix environment, and
>"complies completely with K&R, and has many of the ANSI extensions"

One bit of nastiness to watch out for is the keyword "entry", which is or
is not in ANSI C, depending on which draft you look at.  In any case, the
error message is "declarator syntax", not very helpful, and the Lexicon
doesn't mention it except in a rather obscure place (thanx to Sandra
Loosemore for finding the reference!).  This is version 2.0; dunno if it's
been fixed.

Other than that, MWC is good, especially considering the limitations of
the brain-dead operating system that looks like it was designed over the
weekend, in between hot-tub sessions, by folks who were proud of their
lack of education...

						stan shebs
						shebs@cs.utah.edu