5 Jan
2012
5 Jan
'12
6:51 p.m.
On 5 Jan 2012 at 12:15, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I read the ANSI C standard when it was new, but part
of the
inspiration was due to my boss being the DECUS representative to the
X3J committee and hearing some of the stories of what it took to forge
the standard in the first place (I'd only been programming in C for
2-3 years at the time).
On further consideration, I guess that's okay. Few people sit down
and read their mortgages either, it seems. Some standards, such as
that for PL/I can give you a real headache.
But, as in a mortgage, it's always nice to know what the rules are.
--Chuck