Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: is the java compiler written in c Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:04:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <893a1a37-881c-4e59-a069-38386dd1b0fd@googlegroups.com> <7b5d28de-2f30-4db7-aec7-03bd9ce81d00@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:04:28 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="4296"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/y59iWWEU0PPYCK5DK+fN214fJb6BWJPM=" User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YUvUyLXy9mGIUbioaD7t41NmT3g= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:32411 On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:56:32 +0100, Eternal Hope wrote: > It's not just about non-standard functions and libraries though is it. > It's been a while but IIRC the GNU C compiler allowed/allows nested > functions but the spec defined/defines no such thing. > Indeed, and I've never seen or attempted to use nested functions in C. Maybe I don't delve into dark corners, but this is the first time I've ever heard nested function declarations mentioned in the same breath as C. > Oh, don't forget to make your code portable. > Quite. And don't use C-spells or any other too-clever-by-half tricks that serve more to obfuscate than to make code run faster now we've got decent optimising compilers. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |