11-06-2010, 09:56 AM
William Forbes Wrote:Lundin Wrote:How you can say that a semi-hobbyist open-source compiler lives up to that, I have no idea.This is a bit unfair. The GCC compiler is probably the most widely tested piece of software ever written.
It also forms the core of some very expensive commercial compilers used in safety critical software.
Bill Forbes
Yes it is very well-tested. Yet it doesn't conform to ISO C 9899:1990 as enforced by MISRA. It implements some hybrid between C90 and C99, best referred to as "GCC C". Thus it is a hobbyist project of creating a new language, and not relevant for C90 applications.
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