gcc 4 can be c99 compliant.
gcc '--std=c99' $*
but that doesn't mean that they removed the extensions.
linux is dependent on inline assembly, for example. (i'm not sure why they
think it necessiary.) so a number of their extensions won't go away. in fact,
other compilers, like tcc, feel compelled to replicate gnu extensions.
- erik
On Tue Apr 25 15:02:51 CDT 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 01:02:30PM +1000, Andy Newman wrote:
> > I like this quote from the glibc FAQ...
> >
> > 1.2. What compiler do I need to build GNU libc?
> >
> > ... A lot of extensions of GNU CC are used to increase portability ...
>
> I remember a year or two picking up a Linux rag at the train station on the
> way back from somewhere. They were talking about gcc 4 or something in it
> and saying how they were hoping to do away with a lot of GNU extensions by
> stricter adherence to the language standards in the compiler itself; I guess
> that work got buried. Then again, this was a cursory read on the Subway,
> and I'm slightly dyslexic, so maybe read it the opposite way it was meant.
>
> - Dan C.
>
