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Pay-to-read standards like those of the ISO actively hinder human progress. Please don't encourage this behaviour.
by lysace 2y ago
Pay-to-read standards like those of the ISO actively hinder human progress. Please don't encourage this behaviour.
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- penguin_booze 2y agoWith C++, the latest draft of the standard is made available for free [0]. My understanding is that the final draft and the official standard are more or less same w.r.t. their material content. I imagine the draft standard for OIDC is also available somewhere. [0] https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/links#C.2B.2B_standard_documents_and_drafts https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/links#C.2B.2B_standard_doc...
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- lysace 2y ago> My understanding is that the final draft and the official standard are more or less same w.r.t. their material content. Details matter. So not so open after all?
- pclmulqdq 2y agoAlmost every standard is like this. If you just want to implement, you take the last draft that's public. The process between that draft and a standard is an extensive review and editing process to ensure that wording is exactly precise, patent claims against the standard are void or invalid, and that there are no other problems. That stuff takes time and money.
- halJordan 2y agoNot every MUST be black and white. It is okay to admit things are grey. Those engineers are not actively harming human progress by creating human progress, and its insane to say that