anderson@uwvax.ARPA (05/20/84)
<> I had not heard of this before. Does someone have a copy on-line they could mail to me (or post to net.sources, if not done before)? As an aside, I agree with Spencer and Creighton that what some people think of as matters of "taste" or individual ease are more often cases of those people not having practiced or seen the "right way", and that if it not clear which way is right, it is better to follow an existing standard than to create one's own. David Anderson (uwvax!anderson)
nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) (05/20/84)
[] After Laura's (unsolicitied?) testimonial, it would seem a serious disservice to the unwashed masses on the net *not* to post the style sheet. ....Henry? -- Ed Nather ihnp4!{ut-sally,kpno}!utastro!nather Astronomy Dept., U. of Texas, Austin
tony@asgb.UUCP (05/21/84)
Yes, if this is available for general release, please post it to net.sources. Tony Andrews Burroughs Corp. ihnp4!sdcrdcf!bmcg!asgb!tony
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (05/23/84)
My annotated version of the IH paper *was* posted, quite some time ago. The there-ain't-no-Usenet-archives problem strikes again... -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry
ctk@ecsvax.UUCP (05/28/84)
Please, please post this thing to the net.
joec@u1100a.UUCP (Joe Carfagno) (05/30/84)
{} Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, or is irrelevant, but... Be careful that the Indian Hill Style Sheet is not considered proprietary information ! Rumor has it that someone will/has posted this thing to the net. It may be publicly released info, but if it's the C language style sheet I heard of from Bell Labs - Indian Hill, then watch out. It's not that I'm trying to help out my former employer, but a major blunder could be the fall of netnews. What do they say - loose lips sink chips... Loose lips cause high management to pull network links! Blow it enough times and some VP is likely to ban the news.
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (05/30/84)
As a result of various people (including Laura) leaning on me, I'm going to re-post my annotated Indian Hill C style sheet. There will be a few days of delay, because I want to incorporate some minor revisions first. Stay tuned... -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry
mp@whuxle.UUCP (Mark Plotnick) (05/31/84)
I used to collect such things. I can offer y'all style sheets from UCB's Ingres project, Stanford's Network Graphics project, and BBN. I'm not sure about the status of the IH Style Sheet (even though it was posted to the net by U. Toronto), so please don't ask me for it unless you're from BTL. There's also a new book from Plum-Hall called "C Programming Guidelines" or somesuch. It looks reasonable. Mark Plotnick
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (06/02/84)
Joe Carfagno comments: Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, or is irrelevant, but... Be careful that the Indian Hill Style Sheet is not considered proprietary information ! Rumor has it that someone will/has posted this thing to the net. It may be publicly released info, but if it's the C language style sheet I heard of from Bell Labs - Indian Hill, then watch out. It's not that I'm trying to help out my former employer, but a major blunder could be the fall of netnews. What do they say - loose lips sink chips... Loose lips cause high management to pull network links! Blow it enough times and some VP is likely to ban the news. If such a posting is going to cause problems, then the damage is already done. My annotated version of the IH sheet was posted a couple of years ago. I don't see how re-posting it is going to make it worse. Incidentally, the copy of the original document that I have carries neither a copyright notice nor any indication that it is proprietary. I have never worked for Bell, have never signed any non-disclosure agreements with Bell, and did not obtain my copy from either a Bell site or a Bell employee. To the best of my knowledge, the path by which it reached me involved neither illegal nor improper behavior on the part of anyone. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry