> 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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