On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 05:17:33PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Sunday 08 February 2009 12:14:20 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > Sure, C has ANSI (ISO) standards, but every compiler (including gcc) has > > extensions to it that one almost has to use to get things done. > > I disagree that you *have* to use compiler extensions. It takes discipline, > but it's possible to write without them. Most often it not compiler > extensions, but the need to use a non-standard library that gets me. > Standards can't cover every use case, and the C/C++ ones don't really cover > enough. > > Plus, it's not like Ada compilers can't have extensions.
If an Ada compiler wants to have an extension and still pass the test as a certified Ada compiler, it has to do extenstions within the framework provided for in the standard. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
