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From: seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Why is K&R 2nd edition out before ANSI standard?
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Date: 13 May 88 05:31:30 GMT
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	Why didn't K&R wait for the final, approved ANSI standard before writing
K&R 2nd edition?  It seems like this book will only be the correct standard for
a few months before it will be supesceded by the final ANSI standard.  I know
that there are likely to be few major changes at this late stage, but why not
wait a few months and make sure you get it 100% right, rather than needing to 
almost immediately write a 3rd edition or be obsolete?

						Matthew Seitz
						seitz@cory.berkeley.edu