Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!mcvax!guido From: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Standardization questions (cpp mostly) Message-ID: <6078@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 11:48:16 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.6078 Posted: Tue Oct 9 11:48:16 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Oct-84 07:30:29 EDT References: <51@ism780b.UUCP> Reply-To: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) Organization: "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 13 Keywords: :-) Summary: Jim Balter, INTERACTIVE Systems (ima!jim): >I think the standard allows this warning but does not demand it. >This is probably good policy for all warnings, and will encourage >implementors to provide the warnings to be competitive. This is a great discovery! Make everything in the language optional; implementors will provide it to be competitive! -- Guido van Rossum, "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam guido@mcvax.UUCP "You're right. But you're boring."