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- From: clyde@hitech.com.au (Clyde Smith-Stubbs)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Free Pacific C problem
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 13:45:57 GMT
- Organization: HI-TECH Software
- Message-ID: <30f11e6a.255489216@news.bne.aone.net.au>
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- On Sat,6 Jan 96 16:29:54 -0500, <verneb@the-fix.sos.on.ca> wrote:
-
- > I have it loaded on my machine too but use TC3 because Pacific is
- >not a true Ansi C program. Just as an example the comment lines //
-
- This is an extension, non-ANSI, yes, but I don't believe there are any
- compilers out there that in their default mode accept only strictly
- conforming ANSI C programs. You'd be surprised how many people believe
- that the // comment feature is *already* part of C. It's certain to be
- added in the next release of the standard - just like function
- prototypes were borrowed from C++.
-
- > This is a Beta model you
- >know or we'd have had to pay for it.
-
- No it's not - it's a production quality compiler, with a 14 year
- pedigree. It's being given away simply because it's pointless trying
- to *sell* MS-DOS compilers now. The parser, code generator etc. are
- basically the same as our 8086 cross compiler which sells for around
- $1000.
-
- Actually it's VHS :-)
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