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From: bakken@hrsw2.UUCP (David E. Bakken)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: Why is K&R 2nd edition out before ANSI standard?
Summary: marketing
Message-ID: <84@hrsw2.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 88 20:24:33 GMT
References: <3313@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>
Organization: Boeing Commercial Aircraft Co., Seattle, Wa.
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In article <3313@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>, seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) writes:
> 
> Why didn't K&R wait for the final, approved ANSI standard before writing
> K&R 2nd edition?  

It was probably a marketing decision.  If they had waited 6-12 months
then many programmers and even novices might have already bought 
"ANSI C" books from other publishers.
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Dave Bakken   Boeing Commercial Airplanes		(206) 277-2571
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