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Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards

From "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: [ OT ] C - Open Standards
Date 2021-07-08 03:53 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 8 Jul 2021 02:00, Real Troll wrote:
> 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>
> 
> I am not sure if there are any official standards after n1336.pdf.
> Perhaps there are or perhaps there aren't unless you pay for them. Let
> me know if there are any for free use.
> 
> Microsoft has defined what Open Standard Means:
> 
>> Let's look at what an open standard means: 'open' refers to it being
>> royalty-free, while 'standard' means a technology approved by
>> formalized committees that are open to participation by all interested
>> parties and operate on a consensus basis. _*An open standard is
>> publicly available*_, and developed, approved and maintained via a
>> collaborative and consensus driven process.

N1256 (in your list) is the amalgamated C99 + TC1 + TC2 + TC3 document, 
very nice.

I believe N1570 (not in your list) was the last draft of C11.

- Alf

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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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