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Herb Sutter goes in to a bit of detail about this here: http://herbsutter.com/2010/03/03/where-can-you-get-the-iso-c-standard-and-what-does-open-standard-mean/
by duncan_bayne 15y ago
Herb Sutter goes in to a bit of detail about this here:
http://herbsutter.com/2010/03/03/where-can-you-get-the-iso-c-standard-and-what-does-open-standard-mean/ http://herbsutter.com/2010/03/03/where-can-you-get-the-iso-c...
I've actually emailed him, suggesting a Kickstarter-like crowdfunding model for standard documents - the idea being that when the target is reached, ISO gets the money and the standard docs are released into the wild.
- Jun8 15y agoHis "answer" is a total wimp-out, I think. Among the many points you can raise (e.g. the fact that we already fund our national standard bodies with out taxes) it doesn't explain the outrageous price ISO is asking for the standard. I'm not against paying some amount, e.g. $20-$50 but $360 for a PDF sounds Microsoftian in its greed.
- Turing_Machine 15y agoI'd like to see an explanation of where, exactly, that money goes. The Sutter piece indicates that the people who actually work on the standard are volunteers, or nearly so.
- duncan_bayne 15y agoOh yeah, and he (Herb) says that he believes the standard will soon be available from ANSI for ~ $30.
- duncan_bayne 15y agoTurns out Herb's a C++ guy, but has forwarded my email to one of the C folk for comment. I'm particularly hoping to learn how much money they're trying to recoup & whether they'd be amenable to crowd-funding the amount.