[Info-vax] Viable versus ideal programming languages

[John Dallman]

In article <6238ce01$0$694$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, arne at vajhoej.dk
(Arne Vajhøj) wrote:

> C compilers are available on most platforms.
> 
> But how many percent of C programs are written so that they
> are actually guaranteed to work with all ISO compliant C compilers?

Guaranteed, not many. Able to be got working with some effort and a few
carefully chosen lines of conditional compilation, a great many more. 

John