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Re: Macros and K&R


> 
> The canonical operating systems to think about are pre-Solaris SunOS,
> and HP/UX.  Both ship with a K&R C compiler (although I admittedly
> don't know about the most recent versions of HP/UX).  Both are
> reasonably widely used.  Both come on machines easily powerful enough
> to compile gcc.


In the case of both those systems.  Pre-build GCCs are available for 
download.

> I recommend a simple approach for the binutils: stick to K&R until gcc
> changes.


GCC came out in '85?  There are probably people on this list that are 
younger than GCC so I'm not sure, from a developer point of view, this 
is the simplest option.
enjoy,
Andrew




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