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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: The International standard paper on Ada !!
Date: 1999/09/22
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In article <37E79DB3.9EE51A39@pwfl.com>,
  e108678@pwflcom wrote:

> I am wondering if Ada is unique among ANSI/ISO standardized languages
> with respect to the ready availability of the standards on-line? I
> don't think I've seen, for example, the ANSI-C or the C++ standard as
> a freely available download

Typically that won't happen, as selling the standards is about the only
source of income ISO has. But often folks make draft versions of the
standards available. For example, a late draft version of the C++
standard is available at
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/cpp/pub/wp/html/cd2/

There's also a C9X effort ( http://www.c9x.org/ ) which contains a draft
version of the next C standard. But the text there implies it will not
be made available after the standard is approved. Of course they are
running out of time for "9X". :-)

Hmm. I also find it quite intriguing that their webpage has a picture of
a lemming on it. :-)

I guess this is one area where the RFC process is superior to ISO.

--
T.E.D.


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