Re: [9fans] Plan9 development

[tlaronde@polynum.com]

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:50:53AM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 14.11.2010 10:10, tlaronde@polynum.com wrote:
> > Furthermore, the auto* and libtool were typically made
> > for trying to do something "working" to some extend with a chaotic
> > source. They typically manage to compile "things" written by
> > programmers who have been encouraged to look at the finger ignoring
> > the moon: to concentrate on the "GNU" tools and "GNU" libraries
> > etc, and not on C89 (or C99), POSIX etc.
> >
>
> Heh. Pure C99 code (with no GNU extensions or OS specific stuff
> whatsoever) doesn't compile with pcc unless you avoid some of the really
> useful features and some of the standard headers. I can quote the C99
> standard if you doubt this.
>

I don't doubt this. But as long as you know what standard you do use,
you know exactly the delta between C99 and C89, and you have two ways:
whether providing a C99 "emulation" to insert between your sources and
the C89 framework (this is the way I would do it with RISK); or add C99
support to pcc...

As long as you know exactly what you do use, a solution is always at
hand.

When one is already beating around the bush in one's code, it is almost
hopeless...

Cheers,
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        Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
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