Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!friedl
From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: #define volatile /*empty*/
Summary: Portable != standard-conforming
Message-ID: <997@vsi.COM>
Date: 7 Jan 89 22:37:45 GMT
References: <141@bms-at.UUCP> <275@twwells.uucp> <15166@mimsy.UUCP> <9302@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <9302@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
> 
> It occurs to me that I may not have made this clear enough.
> A portable, standard-conforming program does not become nonportable
> or non-conforming upon addition of [feature of ANSI C].

One might point out here that "portable" and "standard-conforming"
are not necessary the same thing.  Many of us will have to deal
with pre-ANS compilers for a very long time, and "complaining to
our vendor" will do as much good as complaining to our Congressman.

     Steve

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