[Tack-devel] K&R vs ANSI C

[David G. <dg...@co...>]

Is there any real requirement these days for the ACK to be written using K&=
R=20
C?

I ask because K&R C has a lot of very fuzzy semantics when it comes to=20
imported and exported symbols, not to mention the lack of anything at all=20
resembling type safety, that I suspect is the cause of the=20
not-compiling-on-OSX problem. Just clearing out all the more repulsive=20
K&Risms (like arbitrarily importing symbols where you want them rather than=
=20
using headers) should sort a lot of this.

I don't believe there are any K&R-only systems these days; every platform I=
've=20
tried the ACK on so far compiles it with an ANSI compiler, even Minix.

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"Curses! Foiled by the chilled dairy treats of righteousness!" --- Earthwor=
m=20
Jim (evil)