Dave Abrahams wrote:
on Tue Sep 13 2011, Lars Viklund <zao-AT-acc.umu.se> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 01:48:31PM -0400, Dave Abrahams wrote:
FWIW, the FDIS (FINAL Draft International Standard) is N3290.
And for some reason, not publically available since FDIS was set in stone, unless you managed to sneak a copy before it was obliterated from public access.
It's in my opinion, profit be damned, quite silly to have the standard for one of the largest languages out there locked down behind a paywall.
FWIW 1: It's a big concern among committee members, too, and there has recently been lots of discussion about this on our reflector. Unfortunately, prices are set by ISO.
FWIW 2: We expect INCITS to start selling the standard for $30 early next year.
There are very many ISO/IEC standards priced at zero, see: http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ What is the problem to set zero price for ISO/IEC IS 14882? regards, alexander.