2 Jan
2012
2 Jan
'12
6:33 p.m.
> "Standard", inspite of it ending up
that way, does NOT MEAN
> "standardized"!
On Mon, 2 Jan 2012, Mouse wrote:
Actually, in the case of C, much of the standard
library _is_
standardized - and more is standardized if you include POSIX, which,
while not properly part of C, is closely related.
I should retract my statement.
It was based entirely on K&R days, where any "standardization" was based
on a mix of "we are more accurately K&R than they are" and competing for
market share. "Standard Library" was derived from "standard
equipment"
(as opposed to "optional"), not "standardized library", even though
there
was a tendency towards that.
If we include ANSI C, in addition to C, then there actually are
standards, even in the standard library.