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- From: Larry Weiss <lfw@oc.com>
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- Subject: Re: Top 10 posters to comp.lang.c
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 09:01:32 -0600
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- Kazimir Kylheku wrote:
- > >
- > >>BTW, I sent some e-mail to this country's ISO representative regarding the >
- > >>cost and procedure for obtaining the 9899:1990 document. No reply.
- >
- > The FAQ also directs the reader to the ISO web site, which is, if memory serves
- > me, http://www.iso.ch/ This is where I went, and learned about the price codes
- > for various documents and the location of an ISO representative in my country.
- > The web server only tells you what price code governs the particular document
- > you are looking for; the actual price depends on which representative you
- > obtain it from.
- >
- > What makes you think that just because I don't settle for the cheapie $40
- > McGraw Hill knock off with missing pages, I must not have read the FAQ?
- > If I rip out the pages containing erroneous annotations, will the book store
- > give me a further discount? :)
- >
- > I've thought about going after that annotated book, but who wants something
- > that has pages missing from the standard, and contains some incorrect
- > annotations? It doesn't sound like the kind of Bible I would like to have on my
- > bookshelf.
- >
- > For the time being, I will stick with the good old K&R and its appendices, plus
- > the text of the Rationale. Until I get the Real Thing (TM). While I'm at it, I
- > might as well get my hands on POSIX. :)
- > --
-
-
- I'm still perplexed at the inefficient and (IMHO) unprofessional way that
- ANSI handles their publication of ISO/IEC 9899. Why doesn't ANSI just let a
- contract to a publisher to distribute a hardcopy of this specification?
-
- Certainly there would be a sizeable market. Who is holding this deal up?
- Is there a "finder's fee" available to incent some of us to broker this deal?
-