Why is K&R 2nd edition out before ANSI standard?
Matthew Eric Seitz
seitz at cory.Berkeley.EDU
Fri May 13 15:31:30 AEST 1988
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 at cory.berkeley.edu
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