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Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:43:51 GMT
From: Phillip Helbig <helbig@MAN.AC.UK>
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Subject:      Re: Quotes, HTML, and FrontPage
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> 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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