Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards

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Rayshawn Levy <rayshawnlevy3@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm trying to figure out the differences between C89 and the other C standards.
> What are the valid types, macros, directives, syntax, etc. in C89 (I
> can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere) compared to the other
> standards and there seems to be a shortage of proper C89 tutorials on
> the web. Can anyone help? By the way I'm new to the group so, nice to
> meet you all!

C89 and C90 are the same language, described by different editions
of the standard (ANSI and ISO, respectively).  The documents differ
by the insertion of some additional sections, so C89 section 3 is
C90 section 6.

C99 and C11 are newer editions.  There's also a C17, and work is in
progress on a newer version.

Each edition includes a foreword that describes the differences from the
previous edition.

The standard itself costs money, but N1256 is the C99 standard with
three Technical Corrigenda merged into it, and N1570 is a draft of the
C11 standard that's very close to the published standard.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1256.pdf
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf

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Difference between C89 and other C standards Rayshawn Levy <rayshawnlevy3@gmail.com> - 2021-07-03 17:42 -0700
  Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2021-07-03 21:29 -0400
  Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-07-03 22:45 -0400
  Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-03 22:03 -0700
    Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-07-11 03:00 -0700
      Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-11 15:34 -0700
        Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-07-16 03:35 -0700
  Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Kli-Kla-Klawitter <kliklaklawitter69@gmail.com> - 2021-07-11 13:24 +0200
    Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-11 15:34 -0700
      Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Kli-Kla-Klawitter <kliklaklawitter69@gmail.com> - 2021-07-12 05:33 +0200
      Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-12 09:49 +0200
        Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-12 01:13 -0700
        Re: Difference between C89 and other C standards Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-16 21:35 +0100

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