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- From: djb@koobera.math.uic.edu (D. J. Bernstein)
- Message-ID: <1996Mar403.23.06.8316@koobera.math.uic.edu>
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 03:23:06 GMT
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.std.c
- Subject: Re: Coding Standards are ignorant
- References: <4gum82$14v4@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <4hc8os$qs@solutions.solon.com> <1996Mar319.58.13.6548@koobera.math.uic.edu> <4hdhgm$6vq@solutions.solon.com>
- Organization: IR
-
- Peter Seebach <seebs@solutions.solon.com> wrote:
- > D. J. Bernstein <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu> wrote:
- > > pcc is a C compiler.
- > No, it isn't.
-
- For any comp.std.c readers who aren't totally clear on what's going on:
- Seebach has been making a bunch of false statements on gnu.misc.discuss
- about portability, speed, and various other things.
-
- Some of the statements would have been true if he had said ``ANSI C''
- instead of ``C.'' So now he's trying to drag the discussion over to
- comp.std.c, where it's not so unreasonable to assume that ``C'' means
- ``ANSI C,'' and where he hopes people will jump to his defense.
-
- Anyone who actually wants to see more of this discussion should hop over
- to gnu.misc.discuss.
-
- ---Dan
-