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Article #1851Re: Coding Standards are ignorant
From: Larry Weiss
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 15:35
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 15:35
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James Kanze US/ESC 60/3/141 #40763 wrote: > > I don't think that that was Thomas' point. If you look at our email > domains, you will realize that with regards to standardization, ANSI > has about the same weight as K&R for us:-). An ANSI standard is a > standard in the United States, but not, or at least not de jura, > elsewhere. (In practice, of course, in the absense of a competing ISO > standard, ANSI standards tend to become de facto standards even here.) > -- Confusion reigns! To be specific, the International C Standard is formally named: "International Standard ISO/IEC 9899" (my copy is printed in Switzerland) ANSI adopted ISO/IEC 9899 as their C Standard. There is no difference between ISO C and ANSI C.
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