Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!guy From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: C names Message-ID: <2229@sun.uucp> Date: Sun, 26-May-85 18:00:53 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.2229 Posted: Sun May 26 18:00:53 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 30-May-85 00:24:18 EDT References: <4316@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1917@cornell.UUCP> <703@burl.UUCP> Distribution: net.lang.c Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 12 > I just came back from C-day at Murray Hill yesterday, and many > of my fears about the new ANSI standardization have been allayed; > they've stuck very closely to K&R in most respects. More I cannot > say because of proprietary rules (I don't know how much of the day > was proprietary but I'll feel better assuming it was all such). Proprietary rules? AT&T is more paranoid that I thought. The ANSI C standard is 100% non-proprietary; AT&T's plans for ANSI C compatibility may be proprietary, but the degree to which ANSI C is or isn't like K&R is public information. Guy Harris