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Seebs said:I posted a comment on the blog (still awaiting moderation):
Uh, no.
I was on the ANSI/ISO C committee for about ten years. I was there
as an individual. The closest I ever had to any kind of employer
support was that I had an employer that would only charge half of
the time I spent at meetings to my vacation.
I believe we had at least one other person who went to meetings
because he was personally interested in the language, although my
memoryâs gotten foggy with the years.
But you certainly can, as just any old individual, pay your dues
and show up for meetings. Past that, it's a question of whether
people think you make good arguments.
The C committee may be atypical in that members of the ANSI committee
are part of debates on the ISO committee meetings, but it's certainly
a real-world case in which you can be any old guy off the street
and be a member if you want to.
I agree that his criticism would carry real weight if you couldn't just show
up for meetings if you want to -- so maybe it's a good criticism of some
other standards. I'm pretty sure C++ was the same way C was, though.
Seebs said:I posted a comment on the blog (still awaiting moderation):
Uh, no.
I was on the ANSI/ISO C committee for about ten years. I was there
as an individual. The closest I ever had to any kind of employer
support was that I had an employer that would only charge half of
the time I spent at meetings to my vacation.
I believe we had at least one other person who went to meetings
because he was personally interested in the language, although my
memoryâs gotten foggy with the years.
But you certainly can, as just any old individual, pay your dues
and show up for meetings. Past that, it's a question of whether
people think you make good arguments.
The C committee may be atypical in that members of the ANSI committee
are part of debates on the ISO committee meetings, but it's certainly
a real-world case in which you can be any old guy off the street
and be a member if you want to.
I agree that his criticism would carry real weight if you couldn't just show
up for meetings if you want to -- so maybe it's a good criticism of some
other standards. I'm pretty sure C++ was the same way C was, though.
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Phred Phungus said:My question for those who would take away the standards mechanism,
with all its shortcomings, is will you also be taking n1256.pdf,
because I really like the price and utility I get out of that.
So Keith Thompson has a newer version of the C standard. I wouldn't
understand his any better.
Lorenzo Villari said:
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