From: Stefen Boyd (stefen@boyd.com)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 16:01:15 PDT
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At 03:45 PM 10/22/2001 -0700, Clifford E. Cummings wrote:
>Part of the problem that we have with IEEE Standards is that we turn all
>document source files over to the IEEE and then delete the files form our
>computers to satisfy IEEE requirements. When we started work in 1996 on
>the next Verilog Standard, we requested a copy of the files from the IEEE
>to start the work. As I recall, the IEEE had lost the files and OVI had to
>cough up money to pay someone to recapture the 1995 Standard, then the
>committee divided up the newly-capture document among committee members
>who were asked to proof read the document and compare it against the
>existing 1995 printed Standard. Then we finally started to work on
>enhancements and updates.
Cliff,
It seems that what we need to do is "officially" start work
on the next version of the standard so we can request a copy
of the files from the IEEE before we have completed destroying
the 2001 version... If for no other purpose but to do a 2002/3
version with 90% errata fixes.
Stefen
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