Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!mordor!sri-spam!brunner From: brunner@sri-spam.istc.sri.com (Thomas Eric Brunner) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.std.internat Subject: Re: ANSI C -- trigraphs and character sets Message-ID: <9797@sri-spam.istc.sri.com> Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 14:07:42 EST Article-I.D.: sri-spam.9797 Posted: Fri Dec 19 14:07:42 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 01:48:44 EST References: <106@decvax.UUCP> <4327@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: brunner@sri-spam.UUCP (Thomas Eric Brunner) Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park Lines: 23 Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:483 comp.std.internat:61 In article <4327@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> barmar@eddie.MIT.EDU (Barry Margolin writes: >In article <106@decvax.UUCP> minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow) writes: >>This standard was prepared jointly by ANSI, ISO, and CBEMA >>(the European business equipment manufacturers). > >You must have meant ECMA, not CBEMA. The latter has its offices in >Washington, DC, and is involved heavily with ANSI. I think the "E" in >ECMA stands for "European". ECMA=European Computer Manufacturer's Assn. There are 12 member companies, when I worked on/drafted the X/OPEN text (the green book), my clients comprised 5/12th of ECMA. Other ECMA-ish entities are SPAG, and ROSE, though these are both I believe ESPRIT-entities. Shall we start an informative discussion of the sundry ECMA/ESPRIT-like entities? I'm sure that there are many of which I am ignorant. -- Cheers! o/ /teb _0_ .if\\n()t .ds ]D OPEN UNIX CLUB DRAFT 1.0