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List:       gnulib-bug
Subject:    Re: Is Gnulib still targeting C89?
From:       Tim Rice <tim () multitalents ! net>
Date:       2017-04-27 14:34:17
Message-ID: alpine.UW2.2.11.1704270726250.25315 () server01 ! int ! multitalents ! net
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Hi Paul,

On Wed, 26 Apr 2017, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Tim Rice wrote:
> > Sad to hear gnulib doesn't care about C89. UnixWare (a currently shipping
> > product) has a C89 compiler.
> 
> That should be OK as UnixWare's supplier also supports GCC, and recommends GCC
> for compiling Gnu-style applications.
> 
> http://osr507doc.xinuos.com/en/DevSysoview/Ccompil.html#Ccompil_GNUdevtools
> 
> Plus, the native UnixWare compiler supports many C99 features, so it may work
> with even the parts of Gnulib that use some C99 now.
> 
> http://osr507doc.xinuos.com/en/DevSysoview/Ccompil.html#Ccompil_OSR5devsys

You are quoting the OpenServer 5 documentation (different compiler) but
digging deeper into the UnixWare web docs I see it supports most of C99 too.

Sorry for the noise.


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Tim Rice				Multitalents
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