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From: Dan Nagle <dnagle@erols.com>
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Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.2980) Paragraph numbers
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 15:10:59 -0400
Organization: Purple Sage Computing Solutions, Inc.
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Hello,

I concur with Bill.  Now is not the time to change
our modus operandi.

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 12:19:16 -0500, Bill Long <longb@cray.com> wrote:

<snip>
>
>I'm indifferent about whether the actual ISO publication has paragraph 
>numbers or not.  However, I would be very strongly opposed to loosing 
>the line numbers in the final draft. Changes during editing the standard 
>are only part of the overall picture. We are continually using those 
>numbers for several years after the standard is finished, in debating 
>and documenting implementation decisions.  In that time frame the line 
>numbers are fixed, and are much more precise and efficient as a means of 
>quoting citations from the standard.    If we end up with only paragraph 
>numbers in what we send to ISO, I'd ask that Richard also produce a 
>separate line number version for those of us who need this as a working 
>document.
>
>Cheers,
>Bill

-- 
Cheers!

Dan Nagle
Purple Sage Computing Solutions, Inc.