Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: New US Rep to ISO C
Message-ID: <1989Apr26.023157.18763@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <6.UUL1.3#5077@aussie.UUCP> <2663@buengc.BU.EDU> <39709@think.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 89 02:31:57 GMT

In article <39709@think.UUCP> barmar@kulla.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
>... many of the members are multinational corporations, and it
>would be expensive for them to have to produce different versions of
>their products for domestic and foreign use.  They can generally be
>convinced when national security is used as the excuse (e.g. the
>prohibition against exporting Unix crypt()), but they'll balk at
>childish not-invented-here syndrome...

As opposed to the prohibition on exporting crypt(1), which is childish
invented-here syndrome...   :-) :-) :-)
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