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On 8/29/24 19:08, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
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> Actually I don't think I did.  I said "reject" and a compiler that says
> "this is not C" and then generates a executable is rejecting the code as
> far as I am concerned.

How about a compiler that says: "Congratulations on using our extension
to C - program accepted"? Such a compiler could be fully conforming, and
I see no way to describe that as a rejection.