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Article #5048Why is K&R 2nd edition out before ANSI standard?
From: Matthew Eric Seitz
Date: Fri, 13 May 1988 05:31
Date: Fri, 13 May 1988 05:31
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Why didn't K&R wait for the final, approved ANSI standard before writing K&R 2nd edition? It seems like this book will only be the correct standard for a few months before it will be supesceded by the final ANSI standard. I know that there are likely to be few major changes at this late stage, but why not wait a few months and make sure you get it 100% right, rather than needing to almost immediately write a 3rd edition or be obsolete? Matthew Seitz seitz@cory.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!ucbvax!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!seitz From: seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Why is K&R 2nd edition out before ANSI standard? Message-ID: <3313@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> Date: 13 May 88 05:31:30 GMT Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu Reply-To: seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 10