> Phillip Helbig writes:

>  > linux and don't mind paying for the work someone has done).  However, if

>  > one USEs a standard, in practice one would need a copy, so it's either

>  > pay money or do it illegally.

>

> strange. I use software based on standards every day of my life, and I

> don't own any of them. how is your copy of ASCII?



Sorry, I wasn't thinking about the equivalent of the Fortran programmer,

but rather the equivalent of the Fortran compiler writer, who probably

DOES need a real copy of the standard.





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