Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!actnyc!jsb From: jsb@actnyc.UUCP (The Invisible Man) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Why I won't use ANSI C Message-ID: <703@actnyc.UUCP> Date: 22 Feb 88 15:54:19 GMT References: <7563@elsie.UUCP> <7022@brl-smoke.ARPA> <7564@elsie.UUCP> <7053@brl-smoke.ARPA> <5212@utah-cs.UUCP> <7170@brl-smoke.ARPA> <7183@brl-smoke.ARPA> <5222@utah-cs.UUCP> <907@micomvax.UUCP> Reply-To: jsb@actnyc.UUCP (The Invisible Man) Organization: Diet Software Lines: 23 In article <907@micomvax.UUCP> ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) writes: }In article <5222@utah-cs.UUCP> donn@utah-cs.UUCP (Donn Seeley) writes: }> (PS -- In }>case it wasn't obvious, I don't represent the University of Utah or }>Berkeley Unix any more than Doug represents the ANSI C committee.) } ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ } }Folks, I think the above point is exceedingly important. Doug has set }*himself* up as the "spokesman" of the ANSII committee, and to a major }extent it is *irrelevant* if he posts a contradiction to your views on }whatever your pet gripe happens to be. His view is only that, his view! It [ more Doug bashing deleted ] As a member of the ANSI C committee, let me point out that I have seen no misrepresentations of the committee in anything posted by Doug to this group. Quite the contrary; Doug is always careful to clearly distinguish those points which *may* not be the position of the committee. -- jim [missing right bracket in expression (uunet!actnyc!jsb)