Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site genrad.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!genrad!john From: john@genrad.UUCP (John Nelson) Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: C Standard Message-ID: <654@genrad.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 20:20:28 EST Article-I.D.: genrad.654 Posted: Wed Feb 6 20:20:28 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Feb-85 23:12:51 EST References: <6896@watdaisy.UUCP> <20837@lanl.ARPA> <6919@watdaisy.UUCP> Reply-To: john@genrad.UUCP (John Nelson) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Bolton, Mass. Lines: 10 In article <6919@watdaisy.UUCP> ndiamond@watdaisy.UUCP (Norman Diamond) writes: >Regarding the C language, the ORIGINAL version had certain rules for structure >elements which have been scrapped and re-done. > >Obviously C programmers are NOT supposed to stick to the ORIGINAL. >Why should Pascal programmers be told to stick to the ORIGINAL? Because there is no widely accepted standard of what is CURRENT Pascal. Every version of Pascal that I have seen has major syntax differences. THERE IS NO ACCEPTED STANDARD.