-=> On 19 Jul 96  19:04:10 <=-
-=> Paul Edwards was heard to tell John Gardeniers <=-

    Hi Paul,

 FA> There is also something about it not being ISO, and i believe
 FA> i've heard that certain compilers don't support inline asm. (??)

 JG> In-line assembly was one of the very first thing specified in
 JG> the original draft of C. It's a vital part of the language and all
 JG> compilers must support it.  One of C's strongest features is it's

 PE> It is not part of the ISO C standard.  They aren't part of the ANSI C
 PE> standard either...

 PE> And I bet it isn't in K&R C either.  BFN.  Paul.

    I can't say for sure if it was in the *final* draft of the C
specs.  but according to Kerrnigan (or was it Ritchie?) it most
certainly was in the *original* draft.

    The way I view these things is quite simple: Later standards, in
this case ANSI and ISO, should only refine and add to the original
specs, NOT alter them beyond recognition.  Basic has gone through
the same bastardisation.  I further believe that ISO should stick to
checking the calibration of kitchen scales.  They have no business
sticking their weights and measures noses into programming language
specifications.  (There!  I said it!)

    All of that doesn't for one minute alter the fact that the power
of C lies in it's expandability.

-=> On 19 Jul 96  18:53:24 <=-
-=> Paul Edwards was heard to tell All <=-

 PE> FREQ RZSZPE.ZIP, PDPZM*.* and there's a couple more that may be of
 PE> interest, FREQ FILES to find them for yourself, all from 3:711/934.

    Thanks, as it happens I aquired RZSZ recently.  If only FREQing
was available to most of us. Unfortunately it's not. :(

        John

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