Andrew Pinski <pinskia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: | > | > kenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Kenner) writes: | > | > >> >> Many portable C programs assume that signed integer overflow wraps around | > >> >> reliably using two's complement arithmetic. | > >> > | > >> | > >> I was looking for an adjective that mean the programs work on a wide | > >> variety of platforms, and "portable" seems more appropriate than | > >> "widely-used". | > > | > > Maybe just say what you mean, then: "Many C programs that work on a wide | > > variety of platforms assume that ..." | > | > That's too long! I'll prepend an "In practice" instead. | | What about this: | Old C programs that written against the C standard depend on signed | overflow being defined as wrapping. | | And then reference the paper, "C traps and pitfalls" (which by the way | was written by the founder of ADL for C++). Andrew Keonig did not invent ADL. He, himself, finds it embarassing people credit him for ADL. If you're interested in how ADL comes to life, just go to the ISO C++ committee website and google for "name lookup" for papers between 1991 and 1997. -- Gaby _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
