Re: I need a new compiler...

docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

If C, in fact, does *not* 'provide low-level access to memory' and is does
*not* have a 'primary use is for "system programming", including
implementing operating systems and embedded system applications, due to a
combination of desirable characteristics such as code portability and
efficiency, ability to access specific hardware addresses, ability to
"pun" types to match externally imposed data access requirements' then it
would seem that I am incorrect.

(quoted material above taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language) ... me, I'se jes' a
COBOL-codin' fool)

This is one of the dangers of using Wikipedia as a source: it is
frequently incorrect. In this case, it's wrong about "provid[ing]
low-level access to memory", which is not a feature of the C language.
It is a feature of some implementations of C, and some languages which
are "extended" versions of C.

ISO 9899-1999 is, of course, the authoritive source; but the
comp.lang.c FAQ would also have cleared up this misconception.

--
Michael Wojcik
Micro Focus
Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University
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