[LEAPSECS] POSIX and C (Was: Re: ISO Influence)

[Warner Losh]

On 12/22/2010 13:36, Steve Allen wrote:

> So the rules are subject to arbitrary interpretation by sovereign

> entities in order to serve their own historical/legal/practical

> purposes.  There is no evident international authority to which

> computer implementations can conform without risk of flame war.

> Anybody can defensibly claim justification for doing anything they want.

"That's the nice thing about standards...  There's so many to choose from."

and

"You can't please all the people all the time."

which I think might be the first two things I've said after "my name is 
Warner" that everybody in the group can at least mostly agree with :)

Warner