Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com> writes:
Only a very small and very vocal minority of gcc developers believe that
continuing to require K&R C for gcc serves any useful purpose. At the
moment, this minority is enough to paralyze the gcc decision making process.
It would help move things along if binutils switched to ISO C90, as then
there would be less of a reason for gcc to continue using K&R C.
I've always sort of felt that since gcc is the much larger project,
the binutils should wait to switch to ISO C90 until gcc switches.
Is it reasonable to delay BINUTILS conversion when it serves no useful
purpose other than to pacify a very small but very vocal minority of GCC
developers?