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I don't understand, why are the PDF documents specifying the C/C++ standards being sold for $$$ when I believe I was able to find them on the respective WG webs
by swagonomixxx 6y ago
I don't understand, why are the PDF documents specifying the C/C++ standards being sold for $$$ when I believe I was able to find them on the respective WG website?
- colejohnson66 6y agoThe finalized and approved standard costs money, but being an open standard (meaning anyone can contribute), the drafts are available for all. As for why the finalized versions cost money when the final draft is virtually identical all the time? I honestly don’t know.
- XMPPwocky 6y agoMight be just good ol' market segmentation - a company with the money to spend on a spec isn't likely to settle for a draft, but the average random dev doesn't care much about the differences.
- swagonomixxx 6y agoRight, good point, all you get from the WG website is the working draft, which, as you pointed out, is almost always virtually identical to the published one that costs $$$.