Timeline for What does "LC_ALL=C" do?
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| Jan 28, 2023 at 22:15 | comment | added | robertspierre | What is the "default locale"? | |
| Oct 6, 2017 at 8:04 | history | edited | GAD3R | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 23, 2013 at 7:36 | comment | added | MSalters | @MichaelKjörling: You're missing the point. When locales were introduced, "C" already meant "ANSI C". That it meant K&R C in the past is irrelevant. | |
| Aug 22, 2013 at 21:18 | comment | added | user |
@MSalters The fact that pre-ANSI documentation for the C language doesn't mention locales (which may or may not imply that pre-ANSI, C had no concept of locales; after all, I'm pretty sure the language still does not, but that's beside the point) does not imply that the C locale name derives from "ANSI C".
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| Aug 22, 2013 at 14:50 | comment | added | MSalters | @MichaelKjörling: So? I've seen pre-ANSI documentation, and it didn't have locales. Internally at AT&T Bell Labs, everyone spoke English. | |
| Aug 22, 2013 at 10:55 | comment | added | user | Both C and UNIX by far predate ANSI C. | |
| Aug 22, 2013 at 7:37 | history | answered | Edward Shen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |