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From: mikes@lakesys.lakesys.com (Mike Shawaluk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ansi C vs Aztec C
Keywords: Ansi Standard
Message-ID: <1669@lakesys.lakesys.com>
Date: 14 Feb 90 22:00:56 GMT
References: <1463@raybed2.UUCP>
Reply-To: mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk)
Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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In article <1463@raybed2.UUCP> lah@raybed2.UUCP (LANCE HOLMES) writes:
>I was wondering since Aztec C version 5.0 claims to be full ansi c.
>Has the Ansi Standard for the C language been finalized.  

The following is quoted from the Aztec C Reference Manual, Chapter 3,
Language Specification, page 3-1 (without permission, of course):

  "The Aztec C68K compiler for the Amiga is entirely compatible with the
  proposed draft ANSI standard for C.  This means that porting programs which
  conform to the ANSI standard to the Aztec C68K compiler should be a very
  straightforward process, with few if any modifications to the code.

  "In addition to ANSI compatibility, Aztec C also has a number of library
  functions and compiler switches which provide a fair level of UNIX v7 C,
  UNIX System 3 C, UNIX System V C, and XENIX C compatibility."

There's a lot of additional information in this chapter in regard to ANSI C
compatibility, including function prototyping, function definitions, etc.
Perhaps someone else who is more fully versed in the libraries and their
compatibility re: ANSI could comment...
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