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- From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
- Subject: Re: Coding Standards are ignorant
- Message-ID: <Do3x14.72o.0.macbeth@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh
- References: <KANZE.96Mar5131710@slsvgqt.lts.sel.alcatel.de> <danpop.826218405@rscernix> <gK8PxQ9yt1oB084yn@csn.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 14:17:27 GMT
-
- In article <gK8PxQ9yt1oB084yn@csn.net> ThadSmith@acm.org writes:
- >>However, the name that caught
- >>on is _ANSI_ C whether we Europeans like it or not.
-
- >I feel a little silly stating the obvious, but it was the ANSI
- >committee that actually developed the standard.
-
- And though ANSI is the US standards agency, that doesn't mean that you
- have to be an American to participate. On the other hand, you
- probably do need a substantial travel budget.
-
- -- Richard
-
- --
- "Hither turn thy steps, hither come to thy death and for Camilla
- receive due guerdon! Shalt thou, even thou, die by Diana's darts?"
- [Virgil, Aeneid X1 855-7]
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