ambiguous ?

[Henry Spencer]

In article <14114 at lanl.gov> jlg at lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
>> [...]                                      That's why Ansi C is a reality,
>
>The C standard has been through 3 public reviews and is presently facing
>a class-action suit.  It is still not an official standard.  This does
>not qualify as "a reality" in my book.

Let him who does not worship Fortran cast the first stone. :-)  Compared
to Fortran [789]N (or maybe it's Fivtran 9N now), ANSI C has moved along
pretty briskly and with little controversy.  And it *is* a standard
for all practical purposes, even if silly bureaucratic obstacles are
delaying the official laying-on-of-hands by ANSI.  There is no doubt
about the content any more.
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