In message <19990313064007.B23848@q610.ebe.uni-c.dk>, Erik Bertelsen writes:
>By the way, the standard to refer to is an ISO standard -- I can 
>find the exact reference, but not right now...

ISO 9899:1990, modified by a couple of TC's, etc.

>I even think that ISO 9899 (or whatever) actually superseded
>ANSI X3.159 (or whatever) -- in consequence: it is a standard
>for all of us, not just for "you americans" :-) 

ISO added two paragraphs, making it incompatible, so ANSI adopted it.  We're
not making that mistake this time.

-s