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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: function declaration without args no longer works
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>
>> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>>
>>> [...] for those of us
>>> using C for scientific and engineering purposes (however misguided
>>> you might think our choice of language is), support for complex
>>> math, being able to check for __STDC__IEC__ISO665__, [...].  I've
>>> known Fortran programmers who said that it was the only really
>>> good language for such purposes, who changed their mind when C99
>>> came out.
>>
>> I expect what was meant there is __STDC_IEC_559__.  IEC ISO 665
>> refers to the ISO standard for the determination of moisture and
>> volatile matter content in oilseeds.
>
> C23 makes the name __STDC_IEC_559__ obsolescent. [...]

Yes, but James's posting specifically says "I've known Fortran
programmers who said that it was the only really good language
for such purposes, who changed their mind when >> C99 << came
out."  It doesn't sound like he was referring to any other
C standard.