Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 22:04:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
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On Thu, 8 May 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> Also, I think that we should shy away from K&R, since there are
> lots of ANSI compilers available, and we're taking OD into the
> future, not the past.

Ok, so what's the list of compilers that might work ok?

lcc would need a 16-bit DOS real mode back-end code generator (I feel this
is too big a task considering this is only a tool toward our goals).

bcc? Does it compiles itself under DOS? Can it produce .COM and .EXE
files? Would we need to port a libc to it?

Micro-C... Supports only a subset of ANSI C (or is it K&R C? whatever, a
subset of C).

Pierre Phaneuf