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* [http://flash-gordon.me.uk/ansi.c.txt Draft] (1988-05-13) | * [http://www.ericgiguere.com/articles/ansi-c-summary.html The ANSI Standard: A Summary for the C Programmer] by Eric Giguere (Dec 1987) | ||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20170602191430/http://flash-gordon.me.uk/ansi.c.txt Draft (Archived)] (1988-05-13) | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:32, 23 February 2023
Standard from American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- ANSI X3.159-1989 "Programming Language C"
ANSI committee X3J11 was formed in 1983 to standardise the language. Compiler manufacturers started to talk about "ANSI C" almost immediately based upon drafts, but actually the ANSI X3.159-1989 standard was not ratified until 1989. This means that when working with old "ANSI C" compatible tools and code they may differ somewhat from the standard as they have been designed from working drafts rather than the finished standard.
The ANSI X3.159-1989 was ratified by ISO in 1990 with only minor changes and that is the reason that the basic C standard is sometimes known as either C89 or C90.
Compliant Compilers
- OpenWatcom C/C++
Links
- The ANSI Standard: A Summary for the C Programmer by Eric Giguere (Dec 1987)
- Draft (Archived) (1988-05-13)