cottrell@NBS-VMS.ARPA (COTTRELL, JAMES) (10/08/85)
/* > Don't take K&R too much as gospel. It is an excellent book, > but it really did not try to specify everything to the level > that a language lawyer would want. (X3J11 is trying to do that.) > K&R has to be read with the attitude of extracting the "spirit" > of the language from what is implied as well as from what is said. Agreed. However, after reading (some version) of the draft, now I know why they call them `language lawyers'! K&R was at least readable. jim cottrell@nbs */ ------