9899:1990 standard

[Ioannis Vranos]

Is the C standard 9899:1990 available anywhere, since 14882:2003 is
based on it?

[Victor Bazarov]

Ioannis Vranos wrote:

Is the C standard 9899:1990 available anywhere, since 14882:2003 is
based on it?

It used to be, from ANSI. Cost an arm and a leg, too. We had to buy
a printed version at the time since they weren't selling in electronic
form in mid-90s... :-/ Have you checked their web site?

V
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[red floyd]

Victor Bazarov wrote:

Ioannis Vranos wrote:

>Is the C standard 9899:1990 available anywhere, since 14882:2003 is
based on it?

It used to be, from ANSI. Cost an arm and a leg, too. We had to buy
a printed version at the time since they weren't selling in electronic
form in mid-90s... :-/ Have you checked their web site?

Actually, I did, for that reason, and could only find 9899:1999.

[Victor Bazarov]

red floyd wrote:

Victor Bazarov wrote:

>Ioannis Vranos wrote:

>>Is the C standard 9899:1990 available anywhere, since 14882:2003 is
based on it?

It used to be, from ANSI. Cost an arm and a leg, too. We had to buy
a printed version at the time since they weren't selling in
electronic form in mid-90s... :-/ Have you checked their web site?

Actually, I did, for that reason, and could only find 9899:1999.

I believe the problem is that :1990 has been obsoleted by :1999.
Now, we could probably complain to ANSI about not keeping a copy
of the obsolete standard around, but that's about all we can do.

I think I might have a copy of :1990 at home, but I am not at
liberty to give it to somebody or sell it, it's copyrighted.

V
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Victor Bazarov:

I believe the problem is that :1990 has been obsoleted by :1999.
Now, we could probably complain to ANSI about not keeping a copy
of the obsolete standard around, but that's about all we can do.

I think I might have a copy of :1990 at home, but I am not at
liberty to give it to somebody or sell it, it's copyrighted.

The 1990 Standard is still the dominant one.
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[James Kanze]

On Jan 15, 6:23 pm, "Tomás Ó hÉilidhe" <[e-mail]:

Victor Bazarov:

I believe the problem is that :1990 has been obsoleted by :1999.
Now, we could probably complain to ANSI about not keeping a copy
of the obsolete standard around, but that's about all we can do.

I think I might have a copy of :1990 at home, but I am not at
liberty to give it to somebody or sell it, it's copyrighted.

The 1990 Standard is still the dominant one.

Interesting. That's about the same thing as saying the ARM is
still the dominant C++ standard---they're from about the same
time. (GCC understands -std=c99, so presumably, it implements
the 1999 standard.)

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[Ron Natalie]

Victor Bazarov wrote:

Ioannis Vranos wrote:

>Is the C standard 9899:1990 available anywhere, since 14882:2003 is
based on it?

It used to be, from ANSI. Cost an arm and a leg, too. We had to buy
a printed version at the time since they weren't selling in electronic
form in mid-90s... :-/ Have you checked their web site?

I have purchased both C (90 and 99) and C++ (1998/2003) from the ANSI
store. The C90 spec is pretty ugly (scanned copy) compared to the
others. They all ran $18 each. You're right, I don't see mine
up there (which is marked 9899-1990-R1997)

[Rui Maciel]

Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote:

The 1990 Standard is still the dominant one.

What do you mean by "dominant"?
Rui Maciel

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Rui Maciel:

Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote:

>The 1990 Standard is still the dominant one.

What do you mean by "dominant"?
Rui Maciel

That's the standard that the majority of C programmers are working off
today in 2008.

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