Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!oddhack!jon From: jon@oddhack.Caltech.Edu (Jon Leech) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: ANSI C Message-ID: <1340@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 03:30:16 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.1340 Posted: Sat Dec 13 03:30:16 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 21:20:16 EST Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: jon@cit-vax.UUCP (Jon Leech) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 21 I would be interested in hearing answers to these questions from people who have experience with other standardized languages (eg F77): i) How long after the standard is put out does it take for compilers to come out which support it? ii) How long does it take for essentially ALL compilers to support it; i.e., is it reasonable to expect to write a truly portable program in ANSI C before 1990 or some such? [ It occurs to me that there might be a lot of demand for a compiler which compiles ANSI C into K&R C, at least for the first few years. ] Basically what I'm trying to get a feel for is this: ANSI C is all fine and well, but how long before it can really be USED? -- Jon Leech (jon@csvax.caltech.edu || ...seismo!cit-vax!jon) Caltech Computer Science Graphics Group __@/