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- From: sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: ANSI testing for gcc
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 16:20:51 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.122420.20477@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Nov20.122420.20477@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>, puckett@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Jim Puckett) writes:
- |> ...so my boss says 'Is gcc ansi compatible? does it work?'
- |>
- |> ...of course, he can man gcc as well as i can, and in fact did - and
- |> printed it out and left it on my desk, by way of reminding me that
- |> he had asked the above question...8-)
- |>
- |> ...and he can see -ansi and -pedantic as well as i can too....
- |>
- |> ...but is there any way of _proving_ ansi compatibility/compliance? is
- |> there any test code for that sort of thing?....
- |>
- |> humbly asking,
- |> jim p.
- |> --
- |> Jim Puckett NTI puckett@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov
- |> Madison,AL (205)461-4922
- |> i need to ask myself.....
- |> *********** Would I rather be right, or happy? ***********
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- Sure. Call up Plum-Hall and get their current price on the test
- suite. Then tell him you need the test suite in order to answer
- the question with complete accuracy. His response will indicate
- how serious he is.
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- Gary H. Merrill [Principal Systems Developer, C Compiler Development]
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