| ▲ | pjmlp 5 hours ago |
| The author contributes to ISO C and ISO C++ working groups, and his latest contribution was #embed. |
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| ▲ | steveklabnik 4 hours ago | parent [-] |
| Not just that, the author is the Project Editor for WG14. This doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to make mistakes, but still. |
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| ▲ | uecker 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | It means he can edit LaTeX. Of course, JeanHeyd is very qualified, but being project editor for an ISO standard does not require this. | | |
| ▲ | steveklabnik 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I mean, you're closer to the committee than I am, but while that is true in a literal sense, I'd assume that you all would not let someone who knew how to edit LaTeX but not know anything about C hold that position. | | |
| ▲ | uecker 29 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Assuming we have some choice. Not many people volunteer their time to this work, which is quite a lot and not much fun. Companies also do not invest a lot of resources into C. |
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