1 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.