CompuServe Messages

Not sure I'm with that totally. For instance, in the case of C, I always followed the current guiding light (K&R, then H&S, then the drafts, now the standard) with secondary attention given to the given implementation I'm working with. I agree the given implementation must be given valid concern, but I would only use the given implementation to comment on and never as law (lots of bad things can happen that way). Differences should surely be noted. As to Bjarne and Dennis, you are probably right: Bjarne will not dominate X3J16. However, Dennis didn't dominate anything and is still alive and hence one must question lack of influence in his case (except until recently). X3J16 is starting off much differently than X3J11… is some ways better and in some ways worse….