I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate

At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler

I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time.

I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio - I'm not an audiophile.

A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno system, which began here, was announced by Vita Nuova.

The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected.

The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central.