Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 11:51:01 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Will ANSI C-programming text do for DJGPP?
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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Erik Max Francis wrote:

> Further I'd suggest that the original poster be very careful when using DJGPP
> to distinguish when some feature they're relying upon is ANSI C (or draft
> standard C++) compliant, and when it's not (and just an extension that's
> supported by DJGPP).  This will help you immensely when you move onto other
> platforms in the future.

If you say "gcc -ansi -pedantic", the compiler will reject any program 
that's not strictly ANSI-compliant.  This is (IMHO) a good way to learn 
standard C.