Re: 3.81 ... any dates for release

[J. Grant]

>   jg> Will this release be ISO C90 GNU Make?  With other packages such
>   jg> as binutils standardising on C90 I am interested to know if
>   jg> anything is in the pipeline plan for Make.
>
> "C90" GNU make?  Is "C90" some shorthand for some version of the POSIX
> standard I'm unaware of?  I thought "C90" was shorthand for the 1989
> ANSI C (nee 1990 ISO C) standard?

Sure it is the C programming language, 1990 standardised verison; 
surprised you did not know that by default.  Therefore, any plans for 
C90 compliance in GNU Make source?

> Anyway, GNU make already conforms, for the most part, to the POSIX
> standard for make.  There are a few somewhat(?) obscure areas where it
> doesn't (I have filed those as bugs in Savannah) and yes, we will do our
> best to get those fixed before the release of 3.81.

Marvelous.

Kind regards

JG