Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!nather From: nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: ANSI C Message-ID: <6571@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 12:15:01 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.6571 Posted: Sat Dec 13 12:15:01 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 23:02:55 EST References: <1340@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 15 In article <1340@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, jon@oddhack.Caltech.Edu (Jon Leech) writes: > i) How long after the standard is put out does it take for > compilers to come out which support it? Microsoft C v4.0 for the IBM PC family already includes essentially all of the proposed standard, and future releases are promised to be even closer. For all practical purposes, I'm using a compiler that conforms to the standard right now. -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU