Talk:ANSI C

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[edit] Useless

What information is here that isn't already covered in a better format at C programming language? I wouldn't be averse to an article on C standards or Variants of the C programming language (corresponding to the German article de:Varianten der Programmiersprache C), but this is just ridiculous. —Keenan Pepper 23:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

There is a general, incorrect, belief that ANSI C is a dialect of C. It is simply the name of the document (the C Standard) published by a particular standards organization. The wording in this brief article makes this point and refers people to the main article about C. I agree that the material on uses of the term really belong in a dictionary entry. Derek farn 02:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I've just nominated this article for deletion, proposing to replace it with a redirect to the existing article on the C programming language. --Quuxplusone 03:34, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

The original article, see April versions, simply gave some history of the term ANSI C. This was then morphed into the current version which is a cut down version of what appears in the C programming language article. As such it should be deleted. However, I would like to make an appeal to go back to the original intent of the April article. Derek farn 11:10, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Standard C"?

"Standard C" is not to be used in reference to ANSI C. "Standard C" is from the 1st K&R book. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 07:55, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

No, that's just plain wrong. "Standard C" is the C defined by the Standard. K&R1 described "pre-Standard" or "K&R" C. If you really wanted to be misleadingly technical, you could call K&R C "Portable C" because it was (similar to) the C compiled by the Portable C Compiler; but it definitely wasn't "Standard C". (These days, "Standard C" could refer to either ANSI standard C, aka C90, or the C defined by the newer ISO standard, aka C99.) --Quuxplusone 22:16, 9 December 2006 (UTC)