75008378%VAX1.NIHED.IE@cunyvm.cuny.edu (09/20/89)
Mailer: Janet_Mailshr V3.3a (02-Feb-1989) (HEA-Patch v.1) I guess I missed the start of the discussion about Minix cc vs. ANSI etc., but I gathered that its impractical to fit the ANSI version of ACM into the 64+64 k limits of Minix-PC (and tough luck on the ST world...). So, here's my tuppence worth: I'd *really* like cc to *accept* ANSI prototypes, even if it doesn't do all (or any?) of the type checking that should result. I don't think that should make cc *much* bigger, should it? (I may hack up a filter of my own, to go between cpp and cem to do this - has anyone else considered such a thing?). The reason I want this is: I teach a (short) course about OS, and C. I use Minix-PC for project work. But: the students also need to use C for other things in other environments (DOS, VMS etc.). The other environments have ANSI compilers (well, more or less: let's not flame DEC Languages Division yet again...), and I want to encourage the students to consistently use prototypes (to protect them against themselves). So, dealing with original K & R syntax, just for MINIX, is a real distraction, that I'd like to avoid. Barry McMullin, Dublin City University, Dublin, IRELAND.