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Re: Convert 3.2 sources to ISO C90
- From: Marc Espie <espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
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- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 13:56:19 +0200
- Subject: Re: Convert 3.2 sources to ISO C90
- Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure (quatramaran)
I still have some big troubles understanding what's the point in
moving gcc sources to ISO-C ?
It's not as if K&R C was such an arcane dialect. Are there really that
many gcc developers that don't know K&R C. Heck, I'm much more confused
by the mostly unreadable GNU coding conventions myself.
Plust, it's going to divert some people's energy (Jeff) into making
HP-UX work still (and loads of bug-reports I am sure).
Could we try to do something useful instead, like regaining some speed
in the compiler ?...