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> C was the K&R book How could this be when zero implementations behaved in accordance with K&R? The authors and fans may have claimed it as a “spec”, but it
by tatersolid 6y ago
> C was the K&R book
How could this be when zero implementations behaved in accordance with K&R?
The authors and fans may have claimed it as a “spec”, but it never was a functional “spec” in the real world.
- aidenn0 6y agoThat's the point. The language spec was the platonic ideal, and implementations were just imperfect realizations. There were actual languages that still have no implementations.