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About the GNU Coding Standards

   The GNU Coding Standards were written by Richard Stallman and other
GNU Project volunteers.  Their purpose is to make the GNU system clean,
consistent, and easy to install.  This document can also be read as a
guide to writing portable, robust and reliable programs.  It focuses on
programs written in C, but many of the rules and principles are useful
even if you write in another programming language.  The rules often
state reasons for writing in a certain way.
   Corrections or suggestions for this document should be sent to
<gnu@gnu.org>.  If you make a suggestion, please include a suggested
new wording for it; our time is limited.  We prefer a context diff to
the `standards.texi' or `make-stds.texi' files, but if you don't have
those files, please mail your suggestion anyway.
   This release of the GNU Coding Standards was last updated March 13,
1998.