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From: shankar@hpclscu.HP.COM (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: UNIX C compilers and ANSI C
Message-ID: <1340044@hpclscu.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 89 23:20:06 GMT
References: <356@ists.ists.ca>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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> According to a conversation with our tech support people a couple of
> days ago (we're interested in ANSI conformance too), function prototyping
> (and several other funky bits of ANSI C) is expected in HP-UX
> release level 7.0, tentatively due this autumn (this applies to both 300
> and 800 series; yes, I know that the current 800 series release is
> 2.1 -- trust me).  Maybe some HP persons with their noses closer to
> the grindstone can confirm or correct this.

HP-UX 7.0 on the series 800 will have a C compiler conforming to the Dec 1988
draft of the ANSI standard. On the s300, you won't have one on 7.0. It's
planned for a later (fairly soon after) release, and it is (as Mike McNelly
pointed out) a very high priority item on our list.
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Shankar.