1 Feb
2012
1 Feb
'12
7:38 p.m.
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.
It would ALMOST be possible to implement a K&R C (which I call "C") on an
ANALOG computer. But, ANSI-C (which I do NOT call "C") introduces MANY
irrelevant, but prob'ly quite useful, restrictions that are neither
present in K&R 1, nor in the spirit of C.
K&R never claimed, nor implied that there was ANY portability in C.
ANSI took that and created a NEW, DIFFERENT language that while
recognizable in its heritage, was obviously NOT the same language.
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"
NOW, "portable to ALL platforms" means one flavor of Linux, Windoze XP,
and Mac OSX. ONLY.