richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) (12/08/90)
In article <14650@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: >You don't have to ask me; the Rationale document explains the reasoning. Which reminds me - I got my copy of the Standard through BSI, who in turn got it from ISO. It doesn't include the rationale. Where did it get lost? -- Richard -- Richard Tobin, JANET: R.Tobin@uk.ac.ed AI Applications Institute, ARPA: R.Tobin%uk.ac.ed@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Edinburgh University. UUCP: ...!ukc!ed.ac.uk!R.Tobin
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (12/09/90)
In article <3854@skye.ed.ac.uk> richard@aiai.UUCP (Richard Tobin) writes: >Which reminds me - I got my copy of the Standard through BSI, who in turn >got it from ISO. It doesn't include the rationale. Where did it get lost? I doubt very much that they distributed a copy of the ANSI C standard (X3.159-1989), because that includes the Rationale. Maybe you should complain to your supplier.
keld@login.dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen) (12/09/90)
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: >In article <3854@skye.ed.ac.uk> richard@aiai.UUCP (Richard Tobin) writes: >>Which reminds me - I got my copy of the Standard through BSI, who in turn >>got it from ISO. It doesn't include the rationale. Where did it get lost? >I doubt very much that they distributed a copy of the ANSI C standard >(X3.159-1989), because that includes the Rationale. Maybe you should >complain to your supplier. The ISO standard does not include the Rationale. So are the ISO rules. If you want the Rationale, then order the ANSI standard from ANSI - not the ISO standard form BSI. In WG14 we talked about the possiblity of publishing the Rationale in the forthcoming addendum, but we unfortunately still think that this is impossible under ISO rules. Keld Simonsen
keld@login.dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen) (12/14/90)
keld@login.dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen) writes: >gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: >>In article <3854@skye.ed.ac.uk> richard@aiai.UUCP (Richard Tobin) writes: >>>Which reminds me - I got my copy of the Standard through BSI, who in turn >>>got it from ISO. It doesn't include the rationale. Where did it get lost? More information on the rationale in the ISO standard: The rationale could not be included in the ISO standard, as it was not in ISO format. Reformatting the rationale was considered to delay the printing of the ISO standard with about half a year. WG14 will consider including the rationale in the forthcoming ISO addendum. Keld Simonsen