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Richard Bos <info@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl> wrote:
> Iain Merrick <im@spod-central.org> wrote:
> > (By the way, what exactly is the 'ISO C' people are talking about in
> > this thread? Is it the same as 'ANSI C', as described in the 2nd edition
> > K&R, or something slightly different?)
>
> ISO is the parent organisation of ANSI; ANSI is the American National
> Standards Institute, ISO is the International Standards Organisation.

Actually, ISO is the International Organization for Standardization.
The name is carefully translated so that the initial letters do *not*
spell "ISO" in any language, so as not to show preference for any
particular language or country.


mathew
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