C compilers and non-ASCII systems

-----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Pontus Pihlgren Sent: 01 February 2012 09:00 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: C compilers and non-ASCII systems Reading this very interesting thread I got the malevolent idea to implement a compliant C compiler which is as different from every other as possible. Perhaps also for a fictional machine that also differs in many ways from existing machines. The purpose would be to show myself and others how un-portable portable code really is. I think statement such as "this program is written to be portable" it means portable in just one or a handfull of aspects. E.g. "Portable regarding endianess" "Has been compiled with GCC on two platforms"

/Pontus