Re: C portability is a myth

From: Mark McIntyre (markmcintyre_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:13:40 +0000

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:23:22 -0500, in comp.lang.c , Allin Cottrell
<cottrell@wfu.edu> wrote:

>Yes, but... At least on GNU/Linux, if you consult the man page for
>any given "C" function, you are given clear information on whether
>it is ISO C, POSIX, BSD or something else. I think that is less
>clear in the Windows world.

At least as far as MS's documentation is concerned, thats not entirely
correct - the MSDN does state compatability for each function relatively
clearly. 

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Mark McIntyre
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