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From: "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>
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Subject: Re: an interested business-oriented programmer
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Thanks for the clarification. If I understand correctly, you are saying the
normative annexes have to pass validation *if* an implementation claims to
support them.

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"Stanley R. Allen" <u384k@gsde.hou.us.ray.com> wrote in message
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> "Normative" in this context means that it provides a norm
> (standard) -- it does not mean that the validation of a
> compiler is dependent on implementing the annex.  It means
> that if a compiler creator DOES provide Annex F, that the
> validation of that annex must meet the standard's definition
> in order for Annex F to be so noted in the validation.
>
> Other annexes (K, L, & M for example) are "informative" --
> they don't provide extra 'normative' requirements beyond what
> was given elsewhere in the standard.
>