jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) (01/12/88)
If operating system-dependent functions don't fall under the umbrella of the ANSI C standard, and I agree that they shouldn't, then what is signal() doing in the ANSI Draft standard? James Jones
gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (01/14/88)
In article <590@mcrware.UUCP> jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) writes: >If operating system-dependent functions don't fall under the umbrella of the >ANSI C standard, and I agree that they shouldn't, then what is signal() doing >in the ANSI Draft standard? You could also ask what getchar() is doing in the draft standard. Practically all operating systems can provide the minimal ANSI C signal() functionality, and it was considered to be something of real use to applications.