>On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:38:07 -0500, Ted Unangst wrote:
>
>> True, I phrased that poorly. What I'm assuming is that the code will
>> be built by a compiler that supports the const keyword. Or in other
>> words, if you're using a 25 year old cross compiler, I don't think
>> it's unreasonable to expect you to dig up a 25 year old cross yacc
>> either (or the yacc from openbsd 5.4).
>> 
>> Who is actually using yacc to generate code for a compiler that
>> doesn't accept const?
>
>Sudo 1.7.x still compiles on K&R, mostly for the benefit of the
>bundled HP-UX compiler that has C89 support disabled.

That feels like a disservice to the world.

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