As a note to anyone interested in what's in the standards: the C committee openly publishes its work in progress, including documents that are functionally iden

As a note to anyone interested in what's in the standards: the C committee openly publishes its work in progress, including documents that are functionally identical to the official standards except for the working at the front that says ‘this is an official standard’. C99: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/WG14/www/docs/n1256.pdf http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/WG14/www/docs/n1256.pdf (post-publication ‘draft’ including technical corrigenda 1–3) C11: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf (final draft as voted on) Similarly for C++: C++11: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2012/n3337.pdf http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2012/n333... C++14: http://open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3797.pdf http://open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3797.pd...