Re: else ladders practice

Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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On 25/11/2024 16:27, Keith Thompson wrote:
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Bart, can you explain the difference between a C compiler and a C
implementation?  Or do you believe they're the same thing?  (Hint:
They're not.)

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Well, I write language implementations, and I consider them largely
the same thing.
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So who's right?

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In comp.lang.c, the C standard is right.

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Agreed, but the C standard doesn't define the word "compiler",
and uses it only in non-normative text (I searched N3096).

That makes no difference to my point, which is about word
usage, not about what is or isn't C.  It is clear that the
C standard considers a compiler and an implementation to be
two different things.