Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> writes: >> I'd like to underscore this point. As I noted in my response to Doug, >> the flagship book on C, as we all know, is stuck in 1988. The throne is >> vacant, with many pretenders, some with excellent cases for service as >> regent. > > In fact, the throne might currently fall in the Linux man-pages project. > While not being a blood heir of the Unix standards, it has become a > de-facto standard.
I don't think anyone is arguing whether or not man-pages is an educational tool. The argument is whether it should educate based on current standards, or the maintainers preferences. Collin
