Is the source for the C compiler available? How about source for debuggers etc.? If these things are not available then how can one say that C is open-source development but J is not?
On 7/7/07, Devon McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think Roger has always taken the stance that the dictionary offers a complete specification of the language, hence it is, in this sense, open. On 7/7/07, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/7/07, bill lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Raul Miller wrote: > > > Last I heard, C was a popular language for open-source development. > > > I'm aware of some proprietary standards for the language (for example, > > > C99), but not any "open standards". Can you point me at any? > > > > Isn't C99, like FORTRAN-77, an ISO standard? > > Yes, it's an ISO standard. > > However, as such, it's less "open" as a standard than J. > > Perhaps "proprietary" is too strong a word for standards which > are published openly but which are closed to derivatives. But > I do not see that the C language, as a standard, is more open > than the J language. > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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