Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!enea!kth!draken!liuida!prosys!ath From: ath@helios.prosys.se (Anders Thulin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: how widespread is this cpp bug? Keywords: cpp whitespace bug Message-ID: <313@helios.prosys.se> Date: 5 Dec 88 07:18:34 GMT References: <49179@pyramid.pyramid.com> Organization: Programsystem AB, Linkoping, SWEDEN Lines: 18 In article <49179@pyramid.pyramid.com> markhall@pyramid.UUCP (Mark Hall) writes: > [deleted stuff about "prin/* ... */tf" feature] > >Does your cpp have this `feature'? Anyone know the history? I >suspect that AT&T and SUN know about this, but have chosen not to fix it. >Anyone know why? The first release of Norcroft ANSI C compiler for the Acorn Archimedes did not have it. The second release supports it as an option. The help text says something about PCC compatibility ... -- Anders Thulin INET : ath@prosys.se ProgramSystem AB UUCP : ...!{uunet,mcvax}!enea!prosys!ath Teknikringen 2A PHONE: +46 (0)13 21 40 40 S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden FAX :