From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:53:37 +0000 From: Greg Comeau Message-ID: References: , <1202180417.4392.8.camel@goose.sun.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Topicbox-Message-UUID: 48d8e4fa-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 In article <1202180417.4392.8.camel@goose.sun.com>, Roman V. Shaposhnik <9fans@cse.psu.edu> wrote: >On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 21:51 -0500, Pietro Gagliardi wrote: >> On Feb 4, 2008, at 9:38 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> >> - C99 is still new and although it's in POSIX, not many systems have >> >> it (Plan 9 doesn't have complete C99) >> > >> > c99 is 9 years old! >> > >> >> Yes, but do all compilers implement 100% of that standard? > > Most of compilers are more or less 100% compatible. There's >a part that libc has to do to and that is spotty. There are various compiler (and libraries) with [full] support of C99, however that's a far cry from most compilers being more or less 100% compatible. -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.9 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?