AT&T C compilers

[Henry Spencer]

In article <1109 at wpi.wpi.edu> lfoard at wpi.wpi.edu (Lawrence C Foard) writes:
>... Standard UNIX C still barfs on things like p=-1 .

To the extent that this is true -- there is no such thing as a "standard
UNIX C" with consistent behavior across Unixes -- it barfs because it
*should*:  there is still reason to worry about old code that uses the
old, no-longer-supported assignment operators like =- .  Compilers in
new environments, like Turbo C, don't have to worry about this, but
compilers for environments that have 15 or 20 years of C history behind
them can't always ignore such issues.
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