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Subject: Re: Buying the c++ standard
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On 02/29/12 09:44 AM, Richard Smith wrote:
>
> Is there any way of buying a copy of the 2011 standard for less than a
> few hundred dollars, either electronically or in dead tree form?  The
> 1998 edition was (and still is) available as a PDF from the ANSI
> webstore for $30, but I can't find it the 2011 for less than about ten
> times this price.  I know there are drafts available for free, but I
> would rather a copy of the actual standard as there must surely be
> some minor differences.


When the same question was asked about the new C standard, the answer
was to wait for the low cost version to propagate through the system.

--
Ian Collins


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