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

[David E. Bakken]

In article <3313 at pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>, seitz at cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) writes:
> 
> Why didn't K&R wait for the final, approved ANSI standard before writing
> K&R 2nd edition?  

It was probably a marketing decision.  If they had waited 6-12 months
then many programmers and even novices might have already bought 
"ANSI C" books from other publishers.
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