Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:53:03 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: pst@shockwave.com, bde@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vnode_if.sh Message-ID: <6080.810859983@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:45:53 PDT." <199509112245.PAA02175@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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> > > > > Maybe it's time to ask the general question: > > > > > > Why do we care about non-ansi compilers? > > > > Roll back the clock about 2 years and you'll find a similar thread, except > > it was me saying "Why do we care about non-ansi compilers?" that time > > and Terry on the other end arguing passionately for K&R compatability > > just in case we decided to do that long awated 6809 port of FreeBSD > > and were stuck with pcc or something as the only available compiler. > > > > I say fiddlesticks - we should go to full c++ style prototypes and obey > > only those sylististic conventions necessary to making things like `ctags' > > work. That's about as far as I think it's necessary to go with > > "backwards compatability" in source code. > > Then you have not thought about the facts that the BSD source code > base is used in other OS's that do _not_ have a fully ansi compliant > compiler and are not going to be getting one any day soon. Oh, I've thought about it, I simply just don't CARE about those other operating systems.. :-) Jordan P.S. Myself, I'd have already ported gcc to that Domain/IX system long ago or have donated it to the poor if such just simply wasn't an option.. :)
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