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From: Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
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Subject: Re: Reasonably priced C11 standard?
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:15 -0500
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Kaz Kylheku wrote:

> On 2012-02-07, Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> wrote:
> > My understanding is generated revenue goes to administration of
> > standards organization.
>
> In that case, copy the damn thing and give $200 to people doing something
> useful in computing, like, I dunno, maintaining Debian.
>
> Administering ISO, what a load of crap. The Scheme language has a nice
> standard, without all that overhead.

Then have C without a recognized standard, and we thought there
was chaos now.

Seriously the content is free to anyone who wants to casually read what
is in it and available for a fee for anyone with a professional need. Against
the development cost of a compiler the ISO fees are small and benefits of
availability of standardized test suites (now there are some real fees) and
compatible libraries well worth the cost.

w..