James Giles writes:
> "Kurt W Hirchert" <[log in to unmask]> Wrote:
>
> > There appear to be non-cosmetic differences between N2794 and the published
> > standard. E.g., N2794 contains the description of a function named
> > zonetime; it appears to be absent from the official standard. If it wasn't
> > submitted for another public review, the changes were presumably minimal,
> > but I'd be cautious about trusting the details in N2794.
>
> Still, for a general idea about the specs, ideas, and techniques C uses
> for such things as numeric computing, the draft is sufficient. I suspect
> most actual implementations will have more differences from the
> standard than there are between the draft and the standard!
On the other hand, for $18, I'd recommend people just get the real
thing. I did. The prices that have been charged for some standards
have been, IMO, unconscionable, but $18 is pretty modest. Heck, that
even beats the $19.95 I paid for the official f77 standard (though
I got paper for my $19.95). And the file is only about 1.4 mb,
unlike the huge scanned pdf someone made out of f95.
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