From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:59:07 +0000 From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau) Message-ID: References: , Subject: Re: [9fans] "Blocks" in C Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6119f19c-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 In article , Akshat Kumar wrote: >Greg Comeau wrote: >[... stuff ...] > >These four posts seem to be in indirect >conversation with Charles Forsyth's, >"one thing that gets me is that i've had >people fulminate about the few minor >changes in Plan 9's C compilers, >because `they are not standard'...." > >Perhaps he can further elaborate. Not sure what you mean, but "for the record" definitely never had any such conversation with Charles that I know of -- plus, it's probably not my position, so should not be part of any conversation I don't know of either :). (FWIW, in these four posts, I did not present my closure position, just trying to understand some of the responses). I'll probably google this string to see what you're referring to, but I'll *guess* that Charles is probably referring to some people feeling that Plan 9 C extensions are permission to open the floodgates. -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 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?