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From: munck@Mill-Creek-Systems.com (Robert Munck)
Subject: Re: Why it was a bad idea to drop The Mandate.
Date: 1997/12/15
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On 15 Dec 1997 02:19:33 GMT, Dale Stanbrough
<dale@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU> wrote:

>... C or C++ ... compilers are obsolete, are
> no longer supported, and the language definition
> has changed.
> 
>I would be truly surprised if this was the case for C. There
>is a standard for C, which is very well known, and for which
>there would be many compilers which are up to the mark.

I notice that you're using present tense.  Would you expect
that the majority of C code written ten or fifteen years ago
will compile correctly on these modern compilers and run
successfully on a current UNIX or Windows machine?

Bob Munck
Mill Creek Systems LC