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The C Standard charter was updated, now with security principles as well
Guiding document with overview of the C committee's mission and expectations
That being said, judgment over technical proposals relies solely on Committee members' expertise, therefore submitters are encouraged to keep these principles in mind when making submissions. Such communicative design allows C to exist as a part of larger systems, often providing the means for improving performance, being a gateway to the underlying platform, or translating between components written in different languages. Beside information technology standards, related international and industry norms for processing natural language, date and time, units, numerical formats and so forth should be taken into account.
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