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echo: c_plusplus
to: JONATHAN DE BOYNE POLLARD
from: BLAKE GAFFNEY
date: 1998-03-18 21:52:00
subject: Standard C++

On the 16 Mar 98, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard performed the most audacious feat 
of simultaneous gibbering and moaning. It was generally directed at me
 BG>> Anyone know how I can get hold of the official ANSI C++ documentation?
 JdB> The *ISO* C++ Standard is available (although it is quite expensive)
Oh dear. Just how expensive?
 JdB> Standards bodies support themselves by selling the standards that they
 JdB> make. This is why the standards are not available electronically.
[snip]
 JdB> If someone offers you a copy of the ISO C++ Standard just for the cost
 JdB> of a download, then be aware that this is illegal and an incitement
 JdB> for you to commit theft.
Don't worry, I don't take part in any form of pirated materials.
 JdB> a cheap way to get hold of the text of the C++ Standard would probably
 JdB> be to do what people do to get hold of a copy of the text of the C
 JdB> Standard cheaply: buy the relevant book by Herb Schildt
That's one option I'll keep in mind.
 JdB> I can give you more information about what BSI will sell you, if you
 JdB> want.
Yes please!
Looks like *another* happy ending!
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