Re: Which programming Language
On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 05:17:33PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Sunday 08 February 2009 12:14:20 Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > Sure, C has ANSI (ISO) standards, but every compiler (including gcc) has
> > extensions to it that one almost has to use to get things done.
>
> I disagree that you *have* to use compiler extensions. It takes discipline,
> but it's possible to write without them. Most often it not compiler
> extensions, but the need to use a non-standard library that gets me.
> Standards can't cover every use case, and the C/C++ ones don't really cover
> enough.
>
> Plus, it's not like Ada compilers can't have extensions.
If an Ada compiler wants to have an extension and still pass the test as
a certified Ada compiler, it has to do extenstions within the framework
provided for in the standard.
Doug.
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