Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:43:11 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Dallas De Atley <deatley@apple.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: __P macro question Message-ID: <20020130184311.GA10841@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <66467.1012412972@winston.freebsd.org> References: <tlambert2@mindspring.com> <3C57BED2.E1144F41@mindspring.com> <66467.1012412972@winston.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:49:32AM -0800, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > You mean like when I compile "grep" and other command line tools > > on my Amiga using Manx Aztec C, a K&R compiler? > > The utter obsolescence of your Amiga aside (heck, I gave my A2500 away > many years ago), I think I've already made the point that there are > other sources for grep for these sorts of exercises in retrocomputing. I strongly disagree that the Amiga is utterly obsolete (I still use my A1200 :-) ), but Terry's comment is irrelevant anyway. The reason for this is that there are several ANSI C compilers available for the Amiga (including gcc) so there is no need to use a K&R compiler there. I believe there are very few platforms in active use today that do not have an ANSI C compiler available. (With the possible exceptions of CP/M and C64 and older embedded CPUs, none of which I think FreeBSD need to worry much about.) On the whole I think there is very little need to worry about K&R compatibility today. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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