ISO/IEC 9899
Information technology - Programming languages - C
| Organization: | ISO |
| Publication Date: | 1 July 2018 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 534 |
| ICS Code (Languages used in information technology): | 35.060 |
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This document specifies the form and establishes the interpretation of programs written in the C programming language.1) It specifies
- the representation of C programs; - the syntax and constraints of the C language;
- the semantic rules for interpreting C programs;
- the representation of input data to be processed by C programs;
- the representation of output data produced by C programs;
- the restrictions and limits imposed by a conforming implementation of C.
2 This document does not specify
- the mechanism by which C programs are transformed for use by a data-processing system;
- the mechanism by which C programs are invoked for use by a data-processing system;
- the mechanism by which input data are transformed for use by a C program;
- the mechanism by which output data are transformed after being produced by a C program;
- the size or complexity of a program and its data that will exceed the capacity of any specific data-processing system or the capacity of a particular processor;
- all minimal requirements of a data-processing system that is capable of supporting a conforming implementation.
1)This document is designed to promote the portability of C programs among a variety of data-processing systems. It is intended for use by implementors and programmers. Annex J gives an overview of portability issues that a C program might encounter.
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