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The reduced price option for individuals is that you just look at the last working draft, which is always published for free for all ISO standards and is almost
by avar 9y ago
The reduced price option for individuals is that you just look at the last working draft, which is always published for free for all ISO standards and is almost equivalent to the final product.
The only reason anyone cares about the officially published standard is if you're a compiler vendor who wants to know for sure that your product is standards compliant, which is why the cost for the no-draft versions is what it is.
- prginthebox 9y agoThe almost equivalent is always the scary part. Is there a guarantee that there is no technical difference between the draft and final standard? From your reply, it seems, it is intentionally not specified what exactly are the differences to force compiler vendor to buy the standards. But then the one using a draft is always scared there is one thing different which he has not looked into and this is causing problems somehow.
- johannes1234321 9y agoNon-editorial changes would have to be voted in. This is not an easy process which can happen late. And mind: It's not only for compiler vendors. An ISO standard is a legal document. Based on your country you might put in your software's contract that your code is compliant C++ code or might consult the standard in a legal debate with a commercial vendor. All quite limited ... but not only compiler vendors.