Re: Preparing the polls

[Joel E. Denny]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Akim Demaille wrote:

> Is there any
> free place to make polls? 

Oh, sure, if you google "free online survey" or "free online poll", you'll 
find tons of...

> Something the FSF likes?

Oh.  Good question.  I don't know.  Maybe we should ask on 
gnu-prog-discuss?

> So, some of the questions we have.  Joel, please feel free to make whatever
> change you feel.
> 
> * Drop K&R support in generated parsers.
> POSIX Yacc seems to suggest that generated parsers should be in C99:
> 
> The C source code and header file shall be produced in a form suitable
> as input for the C compiler (see c99).
> (http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/yacc.html)
> 
> Currently Bison generates K&R Yacc-like parsers.

Maybe we should say "supports K&R".  cpp macros determine whether K&R 
style is actually used.

> We would like to change this
> to at least C90.  What is the most ancient C standard you think Yacc-like
> parsers should support :
>  [ ] I *need* KnR parsers

Should we spell it "K&R" or "KnR"?