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- From: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.std.c
- Subject: Re: Coding Standards are ignorant
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 00:39:46 -0600
- Organization: Usenet Fact Police (Undercover)
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- References: <4gum82$14v4@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <1996Mar319.58.13.6548@koobera.math.uic.edu> <4hdhgm$6vq@solutions.solon.com> <1996Mar403.23.06.8316@koobera.math.uic.edu>
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- In article <1996Mar403.23.06.8316@koobera.math.uic.edu>,
- D. J. Bernstein <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu> wrote:
- >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.
-
- Example false statements:
- A compiler which does not handle ANSI C is not a C compiler.
- Code which uses lookup tables rather than <ctype.h> functions is probably
- not doing the right thing.
-
- >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.
-
- My contention, by comparison, is that it is, by now, always correct to
- assume that "C" means "ANSI C" unless explicitly stated otherwise.
-
- It is, in no place, unreasonable to assume that C means "ANSI C".
-
- >Anyone who actually wants to see more of this discussion should hop over
- >to gnu.misc.discuss.
-
- I would agree.
-
- I was merely hoping for some outside observers to offer clarifications or
- opinions, since it's obvious that Dan and I have religious disagreements.
-
- -s
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- Peter Seebach - seebs@solon.com - Copyright 1996 Peter Seebach.
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