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Re: 13 year old C source code

From Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: 13 year old C source code
Date 2011-07-28 13:36 -0700
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buck <buck@private.mil> writes:

> I have been tasked to determine the feasibility of updating 13 year 
> old (pre ANSI) ASM and C source code for the purpose of compiling a 
> 64-bit executable.

How big is it?  What does it do?  Based on the answers, you might
decide that rewriting it or using a modern equivalent is less
work and more satisfying than trying to port it to a modern OS
and toolchain.

By the way, if it's only 13 years old then it was written in an
old style: in 1998, the ANSI C standard had already been out for
9 years.
-- 
Ben Pfaff 
http://benpfaff.org

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13 year old C source code buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-07-28 19:04 +0000
  Re: 13 year old C source code jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-07-28 21:30 +0200
    Re: 13 year old C source code Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2011-07-28 21:35 +0200
      Re: 13 year old C source code jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-07-28 21:48 +0200
        Re: 13 year old C source code Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-28 13:37 -0700
    Re: 13 year old C source code buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-07-28 20:28 +0000
  Re: 13 year old C source code Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2011-07-28 21:31 +0200
  Re: 13 year old C source code Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-28 13:00 -0700
    Re: 13 year old C source code "Scott Fluhrer" <sfluhrer@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-07-28 18:10 -0400
      Re: 13 year old C source code Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-28 15:27 -0700
  Re: 13 year old C source code Rich Webb <bbew.ar@mapson.nozirev.ten> - 2011-07-28 15:53 -0400
  Re: 13 year old C source code Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-07-28 16:18 -0400
    Re: 13 year old C source code Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-07-28 16:34 -0400
  Re: 13 year old C source code Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2011-07-28 13:36 -0700
  Re: 13 year old C source code gordonb.mgm25@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2011-07-28 15:37 -0500
    Re: 13 year old C source code Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-28 17:33 -0500
      Re: 13 year old C source code gordonb.2omx0@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2011-07-28 18:48 -0500
        Re: 13 year old C source code Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-28 19:26 -0500
    Re: 13 year old C source code BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-28 16:09 -0700
  Re: 13 year old C source code Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-08-03 08:17 +0000

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