Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:32:23 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr, mike@smith.net.au, chuckr@Glue.umd.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: C and static initialization with unions Message-ID: <199808070232.MAA02971@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199808070138.SAA01445@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Aug 6, 98 06:38:37 pm"
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Mike Smith wrote: > > I also know that FreeBSD uses ANSI constructs, which make the > > code non-portable to older compilers, such as those you would > > have on machines running older OS's that you want to upgrade > > to running FreeBSD via a port. > > Seeing as nobody actually seems to want this, it's obviously not of > much interest. ... and these days it seems that the GNU tools get ported to the "older" OS first and you just use them. So unless there is a late rush of people wanting to port FreeBSD to another processor for which GNU tools don't exist, I'd prefer to see the K&R bit dropped in favour of ANSI C and get people to learn to compile things with compiler higher warning levels. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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