* Bob Proulx wrote on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:10:19PM CEST:
> 
> I think enough time has passed that today the least surprising
> behavior would be for AC_PROG_CC to require an ANSI compiler and fail
> if one is not found.

That may well be the case.  But if we cop out by default for pre-C89
compilers, I think it would be wise to at least leave an escape route
for that (hypothetically) odd compiler package using Autoconf and
wishing to allow to be built with a pre-C89 compiler itself.

Cheers,
Ralf


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