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- From: larry.jones@sdrc.com (Larry Jones)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c
- Subject: Re: What is current status of standards process?
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 16:15:43 GMT
- Organization: SDRC Engineering Services
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- In article <peteski-2503962247140001@ip-pdx13-49.teleport.com>, peteski@teleport.com (Peter Miller) writes:
- > I've been out of touch with the current C standards process.
- > Is there currently work being done, what is the schedule?
- > I have located an ftp site that appears to have current
- > working papers but it doesn't mention any time lines.
-
- There is indeed work being done on a revision of the current standard.
- There is an official web page under construction at
- http://www.dknet.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG14/.
-
- Unfortunately, most of the links on that page are dangling at the
- moment, but one that isn't is ``papers'' which points to a mirror of the
- official ftp site at ftp://ftp.dmk.com/DMK/sc22wg14. At the FTP site,
- under c9x/Revision-guidelines, you'll find a number of useful documents.
- According to the Charter:
-
- The milestones for the revision process are:
-
- ** CD Registration -- December 1996
- ** CD Ballot -- December 1997
- ** DIS Ballot -- December 1998
-
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