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Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> writes:
> In message <pan.2011.06.03.11.54.42.78000@nowhere.com>, Nobody
> <nobody@nowhere.com> writes
>>
>>It's not as if you can run typical C89/C99 code on a small embedded
>>system.
>
> Yes you can... though it depends what you call "typical"   C is widely
> used on the 8051 family which up to a few years ago was 1 in 3 of the
> MCU's on (or off) the planet.
>
>>Most such code assumes a hosted implementation, while small
>>embedded systems often only provide a freestanding implementation plus the
>>most critical portions of the standard library (e.g. most of <string.h>,
>>maybe malloc() etc if memory is measured in kilobytes rather than bytes,
>>but probably not <stdio.h>).
>
> Well you are wrong there.

That's an utterly useless remark unless you provide more details.  Which
parts of his statement are wrong?

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// at beginning of line Federico <no.adress@nospam.com> - 2011-06-01 19:44 +0000
  Re: // at beginning of line Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2011-06-01 12:48 -0700
  Re: // at beginning of line Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-06-01 19:55 +0000
    Re: // at beginning of line Federico <no.adress@nospam.com> - 2011-06-01 20:46 +0000
      Re: // at beginning of line Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-01 13:54 -0700
        Re: // at beginning of line Federico <no.adress@nospam.com> - 2011-06-02 19:34 +0000
          Re: // at beginning of line Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2011-06-02 12:38 -0700
          Re: // at beginning of line Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-02 13:13 -0700
      Re: // at beginning of line Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-06-01 20:59 +0000
  Re: // at beginning of line Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-01 12:56 -0700
    Re: // at beginning of line Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-06-01 23:06 -0700
      Re: // at beginning of line Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-06-02 07:15 +0000
        Re: // at beginning of line Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> - 2011-06-02 08:40 +0100
          Re: // at beginning of line James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-06-02 06:15 -0400
            Re: // at beginning of line Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> - 2011-06-02 11:35 +0100
              Re: // at beginning of line James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-06-02 07:58 -0400
              Re: // at beginning of line Lorenzo Villari <vlllnz@tiscali.it> - 2011-06-02 15:18 +0200
                Re: // at beginning of line Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> - 2011-06-02 14:59 +0100
              Re: // at beginning of line Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 09:09 +1200
                Re: // at beginning of line Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> - 2011-06-03 09:40 +0100
                Re: // at beginning of line Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 20:51 +1200
                Re: // at beginning of line James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-06-03 06:57 -0400
                Re: // at beginning of line Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-03 12:54 +0100
                Re: // at beginning of line Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> - 2011-06-03 13:27 +0100
                Re: // at beginning of line Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-03 09:42 -0700
                Re: // at beginning of line Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> - 2011-06-05 17:27 +0100
                Re: // at beginning of line Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-05 12:35 -0700
                Re: // at beginning of line Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> - 2011-06-06 09:27 +0100
                Re: // at beginning of line Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-06 09:29 -0700
                Re: // at beginning of line Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-06-06 14:37 -0400
                Re: // at beginning of line Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-03 23:16 +0100
                Re: // at beginning of line Chris H <chris@phaedsys.org> - 2011-06-05 17:28 +0100
                Re: // at beginning of line Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-06 22:39 +0100
  Re: // at beginning of line Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-01 23:05 -0500
  Re: // at beginning of line Datesfat Chicks <datesfat.chicks@gmail.com> - 2011-06-02 13:34 -0400

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