Re: C and turtles, 80286 protected mode

George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> writes:

On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 07:08:20 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:49:59 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:
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On 2024-10-16, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
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The first C standard wasn't published until 1985.

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Wasn't it 1989?

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As I recall, the ANSI standard corresponded to the second edition of the
K&R book.

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I may be mistaken, but my recollection is that '89 ANSI corresponded
to the Kernighan and Plauger book.

The book by Kernighan and Ritchie, The C Programming Language, was
first published in 1978;  the second edition was published in 1988.

The book by Kernighan and Plauger, Elements of Programming Style,
was first published in 1974, with a second edition published in 1978.

The second edition of K&R was written during the time that the C
standardization effort (started roughly 1982) was taking place.  The
intent of K&R 2 was to reflect the language specification of the
anticipated ANSI C standard.  My understanding is that K&R 2, because
it was finished a year or two before the ANSI C standard was finished,
has some minor differences with respect to C89.  (I have not made any
effort to see whether that is so;  I am simply passing along second
hand information.)