Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alexander Terekhov Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Latest draft of C++ 11 Organization: Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd. Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:59:11 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4DF34A7F.E1E0F8F2@web.de> References: <2011060517051635155-pete@versatilecodingcom> <87d3iqzveq.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <1f90f3c2-9c78-4152-8a0f-8b67ecd54801@v31g2000vbs.googlegroups.com> <959iriFrbfU1@mid.individual.net> <4DF1EC53.29714FE9@web.de> <3af6b411-dcff-49f3-9feb-10b8df5ed8a9@c20g2000vbv.googlegroups.com> <4DF1FFED.FB7C5904@web.de> <95fcjmFo70U2@mid.individual.net> <1a65aaa8-f711-4018-81c9-d3379f17ee78@j25g2000vbr.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: terekhov@web.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="MCbSEzW5qwGLFMNXJh39IQ"; logging-data="18249"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+h+1Ou8EYpC+KDNpAhgckteqiEbqSwhYM=" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en Cancel-Lock: sha1:yEWsINFPObP0gkRhjrzDk7tZnfY= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c++:6616 Keith H Duggar wrote: > > On Jun 10, 4:20 pm, Ian Collins wrote: > > On 06/10/11 11:28 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > > The point is that C++ should get rid of ISO and go to ECMA. > > > > All this moaning over a $20 odd download? > > Yes, it's a rising sense of entitlement. The self-centered ignorant > masses expect others to work for them for free. Furthermore, if by > some accident, an individual earns money, the masses expect to take > that money away from those individuals through taxation. > > To phrase it a bit differently: stupid has a gravitational pull. C++ standardization does NOT rely on sales of the standard. regards, alexander.