Why is K&R 2nd edition out before ANSI standard?

[Matthew Eric Seitz]

	Why didn't K&R wait for the final, approved ANSI standard before writing
K&R 2nd edition?  It seems like this book will only be the correct standard for
a few months before it will be supesceded by the final ANSI standard.  I know
that there are likely to be few major changes at this late stage, but why not
wait a few months and make sure you get it 100% right, rather than needing to 
almost immediately write a 3rd edition or be obsolete?

						Matthew Seitz
						seitz at cory.berkeley.edu