From 2691326346871309386 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,9a6b7da9ba54eaea X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-07-08 03:04:48 PST Path: gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!mcsun!sunic!news.lth.se!dag From: dag@control.lth.se (Dag Bruck) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: C++ Language Extensions Date: 8 Jul 1993 09:45:45 GMT Organization: Department of Automatic Control, Lund, Sweden Lines: 29 Message-ID: <21gqc9$h5v@nic.lth.se> References: <25937@alice.att.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: seldon.control.lth.se In rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette) writes: > >Hummm.... You're right. How about if we give them all company-paid trips to >exotic and scenic destinations like Munich and Hawaii along with company-paid >first class accomodations. (I know. I know. It's a tough job but somebody's >got to do it. :-) Hmmm. San Jose is more exotic than Munich to me (see signature). I only remember seeing Ron at one meeting, the one in San Jose, but I could be mistaken. People on the net should be relieved that Ron's comments on the committee mail reflectors are much more constructive and interesting. >A draft standard is one thing, and an *approved* standard is another. The >current working paper could be send out to ballot today, but it would have >to go through so many repeated rounds of public review (to find and clean >up all of the holes) that we would not have an approved standard for at >least five years. Exactly, and that is why we still spend time on the working paper instead of just sending it out for ballot now. Dag Bruck -- Department of Automatic Control E-mail: dag@control.lth.se Lund Institute of Technology P. O. Box 118 Phone: +46 46-104287 S-221 00 Lund, SWEDEN Fax: +46 46-138118