Re: Good hash for pointers

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Good hash for pointers
Date	2024-06-18 16:17 -0700
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>
>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:56:40 -0700
>>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know why you say that.  C was an ANSI standard before it
>>>> was an ISO standard.  Or is it that you think that the language
>>>> Malcolm is intent on using does not conform to C90/C89/ANSI C?
>>>
>>> All I wanted to point by this comment is that ANSI recognizes ISO/IEC
>>> 9899:2018 as their current C Standard and probably will recognize the
>>> next ISO C Standard pretty soon.  For that reason I think that names like
>>> C89 or C90 are preferable (to ANSI C) when we want to refer to this
>>> particular variant of the language.
>>
>> I see.  So it isn't that you think "ANSI C" is wrong, just
>> that it might be misleading or that C89 or C90 is preferable.
>> Personally I would be surprised if someone used "ANSI C" to
>> mean anything other than C89/C90, but certainly other people
>> could have a different reaction.
>
> [...] I don't necessarily complain when someone uses the phrase
> "ANSI C" to mean C89/C90, but I try to avoid it myself in favor
> of "C89" or "C90".

I'm reminded that gcc accepts the option -ansi as a synonym for
the option -std=c90.

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Re: Good hash for pointers Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-17 00:56 -0700
  Re: Good hash for pointers Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-17 12:39 +0300
    Re: Good hash for pointers Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-18 10:47 -0700
      Re: Good hash for pointers Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-18 15:17 -0700
        Re: Good hash for pointers Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-18 16:17 -0700
      Re: Good hash for pointers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-06-18 19:23 -0400
        Re: Good hash for pointers Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-18 17:17 -0700
        Re: Good hash for pointers Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-23 11:23 -0700

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