XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 1/10/26 20:44, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 1/10/26 22:06, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >> On 1/10/26 19:41, John Ames wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:27:20 +0000   
   >>> Nuno Silva  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> People should have the choice of writing that way if they want. And   
   >>>> you always have the choice of not reading it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> (If this sounds too harsh to somebody: I wrote this because of how   
   >>>> Lawrence repeatedly mentioned "choice" as a way to dismiss criticism   
   >>>> in other threads in comp.os.linux.misc.)   
   >>>   
   >>> While I appreciate the zing, I do have to opine for the record that K&R   
   >>> function definitions really are something best left buried with K&R C.   
   >>> I'm willing to write in ANSI C for the sake of whatever random weirdo   
   >>> wants to try building something of mine on an old proprietary *nix, but   
   >>> man I am *not* going any farther back than that.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It's never good to foreclose your options. One of my goals for Iron   
   >> Spring PL/I is compatibility with the widest base of code possible. It   
   >> can compile and run IBM PL/I(F) code from 1965. The newer stuff is   
   >> better, but rewriting something that works is a pain.   
   >   
   >    You got Iron Spring to run properly ?   
      
   FSVO "properly". There are still features I'm working on, but it's "good   
   enough" to compile itself and its run-time library. I have some users   
   giving it a good work-out.   
      
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