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ANSI C is C89 (ISO C90), not C99 #110

Closed concatime closed 3 years ago

concatime commented 3 years ago

If you really meant C99, the it should be ISO C99.

millert commented 3 years ago

C99 is correct, you cannot build awk with an ANSI C89 compiler. While ANSI did adopt the ISO C99 standard you are correct that it should be referred to as ISO C99, not ANSI C.