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From: jsdy@hadron.COM (Joseph S. D. Yao)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: comment style
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Date: 26 Jan 91 17:45:15 GMT
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In article <24885:Jan2017:05:1091@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>And since when is ``standard'' synonymous with ``ANSI''? Why can't we
>chat about IBM Standard C here if we want?

(a) The American National Standards Institute - ANSI - is so chartered.
(b) Using Itty Blue Monster Co.'s name in the same phrase as "Standard"
is an oxymoron.  That company doesn't follow standards: it makes up its
own ways of doing things so it can change them as often as it feels
like.  Which year's version of EBCDIC are you writing your notes with?

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- myself and not by any other person(s) or organisation(s).

Joe the Intransigent Transient