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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:01:50 -0700
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>>On 4/10/25 18:49, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>...
>>> Do you have a URL for a PDF C89 Rationale?
>>
>>No, I have it on disk, but I have no idea where I downloaded it from. As
>>a general rule, I download documents like that after seeing links to
>>them posted in usenet messages. It's current name is "C89.pdf", but I
>>probably renamed it from something less descriptive. Anyone who wants a
>>copy of unknown provenance, let me know.
>
> google sez:
>
> http://port70.net/%7Ensz/c/c89/

(The "%7E" is a '~' character.)

Interesting.  That has the C89 rationale in HTML, DVI, and LaTeX
formats.  I can generate a PDF by running `dvipdf rationale.dvi
rationale.pdf`; the resulting PDF doesn't have the "fi" ligature
problem, and the characters are smooth when I zoom in.

James Kuyper sent me a copy of C89_rationale.pdf.  Its content
seems to be identical to the document at port70net, other than some
formatting issues.  I speculate that James's C89_rationale.pdf was
generated from the same LaTeX sources, but with older tools.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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