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- From: Ken Garlington <GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 16:47:08 +0000
- Organization: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
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- Kazimir Kylheku wrote:
- >
- > You can't force implementors to obey a standard.
-
- No, but you can force (with your pocketbook) implementors to pass a test
- suite that checks for compliance with the standard. Is there an ACVC equivalent
- for ANSI C that is widely used?
-
- > The user's guide for GCC is not
- > a substitute for the C standard by any means, so why quote it here?
-
- Because it appears to represent a philosophy shared by many C vendors, but
- few Ada vendors?
-