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Re: ANSI/ISO standard (surprisingly enough!) & extensions

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From: John Davison
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:55
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        I asked this question before, and no one answered.  Here it comes
again.  Surely one of you readers knows the answer!

        Despite the differences in wording and formatting, are _ISO/IEC_
_9899:1990_(E),_First_Edition_1990-12-15_ and _American_National_Standard_
_X3.159-1989_ different in any way with respect to the language specifications
or implications thereof?

        Do these two documents represent the most current and widespread C
standard(s)?

        Please tell me if the following statement is true: The C programming
language as defined by _ISO/IEC_9899:1990_(E),_First_Edition_1990-12-15_, the C
programming language as defined by _American_National_Standard_X3.159-1989_,
ISO C, and ANSI C are all one and the same thing, with no differences
whatsoever.

        If not true, what are the differences (the major ones, anyway)?

        Followup articles are encouraged.  (Electronic mail is hard for me to
access.)

        Thanks!


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From: davisonj@bnr.ca (John Davison)
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Subject: Re: ANSI/ISO standard (surprisingly enough!) & extensions
Summary: will someone answer my question?
Keywords: ISO ANSI
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