Re: [OT] lcc first experience

Richard Bos wrote:
> nembo kid <user@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> Try do declare a define something like:
>>       unsigned char a = 0b1000000;
>> With lcc-win works...with other compilers (i.e. mingw32-gcc)
>> no...you must use hexadecimal 0xF0 or decimal 128.
>>
>> Why this?
> 
> Because the author of lcc-win-32 is a great adherent of the
> embrace-and-extend philosophy; IOW, a disciple of Microsoft and
> GnuC.

If you ever actually try "-W -Wall -ansi -pedantic" on gcc, you
will discover that (barring possible errors) it doesn't
embrace-and-extend.

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