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Re: Time to remove K&R-specific material from standards.texi?


From: Brandon Invergo
Subject: Re: Time to remove K&R-specific material from standards.texi?
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:29:44 -0400
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Hi Reuben,

First, massive apologies for the late reply.  I have been neglectful in
following this list.

Reuben Thomas <address@hidden> writes:

> Five years ago, I did a little work on standards.texi. At the time, I
> asked about removing K&R-specific material, such as referring to "0"
> instead of "NULL", and perror instead of strerror.
>
> At the time, Karl Berry suggested I wait another 5 years.
>
> So I have.
>
> I contacted Karl, but he pointed out he's now stepped down from GNU
> organizational stuff, and directed me here.
>
> So, would such changes to standards.texi be acceptable in principle?
> If so, I'd be happy to have a look and see if I can find anything else
> that needs fixing, and prepare an up-to-date patch.

I have forwarded your suggestion to rms.  To me it sounds like a good
idea so a patch would be welcome.

-brandon



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