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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ideas for next Arp
Message-ID: <3026@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 27 Nov 88 14:32:16 GMT
References: <1978@van-bc.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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In article <1978@van-bc.UUCP>, lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) writes:
> Compile a non-trivial program using the Lattice C compiler.  Use no special
> command line switches. Compile the same code using the Manx C compiler, again
> with no special command line switches.

First, there is K&R 'C' and ANSI 'C'. Neither Lattice or Manx is full ANSI,
but both have extensions over K&R. These extensions don't match.

You don't make clear what a non-trivial program is.

If you restrict yourself to K&R (that is, write what's called a portable
program) and don't use any extensions or Amiga-isms, and don't depend
on any emulation of UNIX-isms that the Amiga doesn't properly support.

> Do they both successfully run?

Yes. Even if you use the Amiga libraries, so long as you don't use ANSI
declarations and are scrupulous about casting arguments to functions.

> Do either of the compilers break any significant rules as defined by
> K&R?

Depends on how you interpret the language in K&R about sizing of integers.
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