From:	mschulter AT mach1 DOT s-cc DOT com ()
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Subject:	Re: Getting the ANSI standard
Date:	7 Feb 1997 19:08:44 GMT
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David May (dmay AT tvi DOT cc DOT nm DOT us) wrote:


: On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Tony O'Bryan wrote:

: > Does anyone know of an Internet site that has the ANSI C standard available for
: > download?
: > 
: That would be nice...however, I think it is copyrighted by ANSI and
: available for $130.00 (at least that is what the C FAQ says, updated Oct
: 1996.)  If you find it and it is a legal distribution, please let us know.

One source for the 1988 version of the ANSI standard is a great book to have
for any DJGPPer anyway: Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, _The C
Programming Language, Second Edition_ (Prentice Hall, 1988), ISBN
0-13-110362-8. While the appendices it includes actually give a paraphrase
of the Standard rather than the Standard itself, I would say that coming
from the founders of the language this is a fairly authoritative
interpretation <grin>, even if "unofficial."

Not only do you get a reference on the ANSI standard, of course, but also
one of the best guides to "help you to learn C and to use it well."

Most respectfully,
Margo Schulter
mschulter AT mpu DOT com

P.S. This Second Edition of "K&R," as it's often known, gets cited
constantly in the C FAQ as a guide to things ANSI.

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