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From: dsill@NSWC-OAS.arpa (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Getcher cards and letters in, folks!  COMMENT PERIOD CLOSING!
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Date: 28 Mar 88 18:34:38 GMT
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In article <4254@hoptoad.uucp> John Gilmore <hoptoad!gnu> writes:
>The Board of Standards Review in particular wants to hear about defects
>in the *process* of creating a standard; their job is to make sure that
>the process was fair and followed all the rules.  They will hear from me
>about the lack of machine readable review copies...care to lend your
>voice too?

Yeah, I think I'll complain about the duration of the Public Review
Period.  It will probably be over before I have a copy of the draft in
hand.  This is partly because I work for the government and such
purchases take longer than they really ought to.  (I ordered mine the
day I received Doug's message announcing the review period.)  But it
is also because the review period is so short.  I just don't think two
months is long enough for most people to obtain a copy of the draft,
study it, and compose comments.  It would have helped if I could have
anticipated the review period and ordered a copy of the draft in
advance.  As it was, I was afraid if I ordered early I'd get the wrong
version.

I also think $65 is exorbitant.  If it was reasonable, I would have
bought a copy myself.

Of course, a machine-readable copy would also have served my needs.

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The opinions expressed above are mine.