PW> When you say portable, do you mean portable between DOS compilers, or 
PW> between DOS and Unix, or usable on any platform, or what?  I have always 

PE> Portable to ANY platform.  If you follow ISO/IEC 9899:1990, 
PE> that's exactly what you get.  If you DON'T follow the ISO 

FA> fgetc() is "portable" to DOS,UNIX,OS2,WIN16 and 32. but is not ISO C

Yes it is.

FA> or C++.So while it can run on any(?) platform it can not port to a 

Pardon?  If it can run on any platform, it can port to any platform. What's
the difference between "run" and "port"?

FA> strictly confirming compiler or perhaps to any other compiler but Borland. 
FA> So IMO portable should mean to any compiler.
FA> Or is that what "strictly confirming" stands for ?

Roughly, strictly conforming means it will run on any compiler on any
machine.  That's why they created the standard!  BFN.  Paul. 
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