On Mon Oct 29 23:17:25 EDT 2012, cthom.li...@gmail.com wrote: > On 29 October 2012 23:06, Bakul Shah <ba...@bitblocks.com> wrote: > > > > > gcc etc. are used to deliver a lot of code that is used in > > real word. And without a standard there would've been lot > > less interoperability and far more bugs. > > > Most interoperability delivered by gcc comes from the fact that gcc is > widespread, not that the standard is effective. If it was we wouldn't need > to port gcc to everything.
even clang got forced into bug-for-bug compatability mode. - erik
