[Info-vax] Userland programming languages on VMS.
Bill Gunshannon
bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 12:25:51 EST 2022
On 1/31/22 10:00, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/30/2022 10:07 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 1/30/22 22:01, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 1/30/2022 9:55 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> The only real C is that described in the K&R manual.
>>>
>>> 1st or 2nd edition?
>>>
>>> :-)
>>
>> I still use 1st. :-) It is the version of C that runs on a lot of
>> the systems I still enjoy working on.
>
> But practically all current systems are using ISO C aka 2nd edition.
>
> Anyway back to the rename question then even though K&R C and ANSI/ISO C
> have some differences then I don't think there were big enough to
> justify a rename.
>
And yet, when referencing them, they do have to use two different
names to differentiate them. "K&R C" and "ANSI C".
bill
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