[net.lang] C Standard

john@genrad.UUCP (John Nelson) (02/07/85)

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.