Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards

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From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> writes:
> I have managed to find direct links to the official standard and they
> are here:
>
> <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1336.pdf>
> <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1256.pdf>
> <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1124.pdf>

No, you've found links to publicly released drafts of the C standard.

N1124 consists of the C99 standard with the first two Technical
Corrigenda merged into it.  It's not particularly useful given the
existence of N1256.

N1256 consists of the C99 standard with the three Technical Corrigenda
merged into it.  It's arguably more useful than the C99 standard itself
(which costs money) -- but of course the C99 standard itself is
officially obsolete.

N1336 is a draft of C201x (later called C11), not useful if you have N1570.

N1570 is the most recent available draft of C11.

I haven't been able to find any public drafts of C17.  After N1570,
there are a number of password protected PDFs that are about the same
size as the standard drafts.  Presumably they're for internal use by the
committee.

N2310 appears to be the earliest draft of the upcoming C202x standard,
and N2956 is probably the latest.  (C202x will probably be C2023.)

All actual C standards cost money.

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[ OT ] C - Open Standards Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2021-07-08 01:00 +0100
  Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2021-07-08 01:20 +0100
  Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2021-07-08 03:53 +0200
    Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2021-07-08 02:30 +0000
  Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-07 20:34 -0700
    Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-08 09:18 +0200
      Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-08 00:57 -0700
        Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-08 12:07 +0200
    Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2021-07-08 10:18 +0200
    Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2021-07-09 03:41 +0100
  Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-08 08:46 +0200
  Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2021-07-08 08:21 +0000
    Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2021-07-08 10:31 +0200
    Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2021-07-08 12:19 +0200
  Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards Cholo Lennon <chololennon@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-10 19:47 -0300

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