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  4. From: hybl@umbc4.umbc.edu (Dr. Albert Hybl (UMAB-BIOPHYS))
  5. Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep11.174618.6049@umbc3.umbc.edu>
  7. Sender: newspost@umbc3.umbc.edu (News posting account)
  8. Organization: Univ. of MD, Baltimore County
  9. References: <id.I12T.GP4@ferranti.com> <a_rubin.716152347@dn66>
  10. Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:46:18 GMT
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  14. >ANSI conforming IMPLEMENTATIONS are allowed to do it because, when the
  15. >standard doesn't define the result, the implementations can do whatever
  16. >they want.
  17. >--  Norman Diamond       diamond@jit081.enet.dec.com
  18.  
  19. Well the suicide gene has been spliced into ANSI C, has it.  This suggests
  20. that the lawyers and business administration types have legally colluded
  21. (because creating a standard is an allowed violation to the anti-trust laws)
  22. to produce an inadequate language standard thus allowing each vendor to write
  23. compilers that contain proprietary extensions.
  24.  
  25. Panic,
  26. Albert Hybl (hybl@umbc3.umbc.edu)
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