HS> Most compilers accept non-standard code. And most 
 HS> people understand non-standard code aswell.
Are you sure about either, or is it just YOUR compiler(s)?  I seem to recall 
you going on about some non-standard code (cprintf?) that happens to work on 
YOUR compilers, but not really _ALL_ current compilers.
 HS> why bother to do something like
 HS> SomeType *mytime = (SomeType *)malloc(sizeof(SomeType))
 HS> when,
 HS> SomeType *mytype = malloc(.... etc
 HS> compiles. Even though ANSI-C++ forbids void * 
We're not talking about C++, are we?  I thought this was the C echo.
 HS> conversion it still works, doesn't it? I could go on 
 HS> and on about it but I assume you get the idea.
Yes, I get the idea that you have no clue about what standards mean.
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