Proposal

[Robert Lipe]

Zack Weinberg wrote:

> I'd also point out that very few people have access to the standard;
> yes, ANSI sells copies for not-totally-outrageous sums, but many don't
> know that and the cost may still be too high.

ANSI sells online copies for $18 USD.  It's a 1.4Mb PDF.   Looking again,
I see it at:

 http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/product.asp?sku=ANSI%2FISO%2FIEC+9899%2D1999

(Do we have any hangups about referencing "non-free" documents in 'readings'?)


That said, I'm on the side that's very much NOT in favor of introducing 
more incompatible language extensions.

RJL