PEPRBV@CFAAMP.BITNET (Bob Babcock) (04/08/88)
Is Microware working on an OS-9 C compiler which will implement the coming ANSI standard? My experience with MS-DOS C's is that function prototypes help catch a lot of silly errors at compile time (assuming that the compiler can be told to warn you if no prototype is in scope).
blarson@SKAT.USC.EDU (Bob Larson) (04/08/88)
When I asked a similar question at the Os9 seminar a few years ago
(the last as far as I know, although they have stated an intention to
continue them with a changed format eventually) Kim Kempf (the main
author of their C compiler) replied that he was on the ANSI committee,
and implied that ANSI compatability was definatly a goal. (Some
companies won't commit to unfinished standards. Ansi still hasn't
approved a C standard.)
Comparing 1.2 to 2.0 to 2.2 C compilers, ANSI compatability is geting
there gradually. You should check Microware's area on Compuserve for
official press releases, information on current versions (2.2 isn't),
etc.
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