Is there any way of buying a copy of the 2011 standard for less than a
few hundred dollars, either electronically or in dead tree form?  The
1998 edition was (and still is) available as a PDF from the ANSI
webstore for $30, but I can't find it the 2011 for less than about ten
times this price.  I know there are drafts available for free, but I
would rather a copy of the actual standard as there must surely be
some minor differences.

(I appreciate this question is in the FAQ, but the answer there only
applies to the '98 edition.)

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Richard Smith


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On 02/29/12 09:44 AM, Richard Smith wrote:
>
> Is there any way of buying a copy of the 2011 standard for less than a
> few hundred dollars, either electronically or in dead tree form?  The
> 1998 edition was (and still is) available as a PDF from the ANSI
> webstore for $30, but I can't find it the 2011 for less than about ten
> times this price.  I know there are drafts available for free, but I
> would rather a copy of the actual standard as there must surely be
> some minor differences.


When the same question was asked about the new C standard, the answer
was to wait for the low cost version to propagate through the system.

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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:44:22 -0800, Richard Smith wrote:

> Is there any way of buying a copy of the 2011 standard for less than a
> few hundred dollars, either electronically or in dead tree form?  The
> 1998 edition was (and still is) available as a PDF from the ANSI
> webstore for $30, but I can't find it the 2011 for less than about ten
> times this price.  I know there are drafts available for free, but I
> would rather a copy of the actual standard as there must surely be some
> minor differences.
>
> (I appreciate this question is in the FAQ, but the answer there only
> applies to the '98 edition.)
>
> --
> Richard Smith

You can buy books that outline the changes. Wikipedia Has a nice article
on C++11 and there are various documents around the Internet on the
changes. Legally you can't get the standard if you don't pay. Your
employer should be able to buy it for you. After all someone has to pay
the ISO to do it's work.


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Richard Smith wrote:
> [...]  I know there are drafts available for free, but I
> would rather a copy of the actual standard as there must surely be
> some minor differences.

As far as I know the differences between the standard and N3337.pdf
are only editorial, that is, N3337.pdf includes only some editorial
fixes over the standard. At least that's what Stephan T. Lavavej said
at the Going Native 2012 conference, If I remember correctly.

Cheers!
SG


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On 2012-02-28 21:44, Richard Smith wrote:
>
> Is there any way of buying a copy of the 2011 standard for less than a
> few hundred dollars, either electronically or in dead tree form?  The
> 1998 edition was (and still is) available as a PDF from the ANSI
> webstore for $30, but I can't find it the 2011 for less than about ten
> times this price.  I know there are drafts available for free, but I
> would rather a copy of the actual standard as there must surely be
> some minor differences.


I suggest to wait for while, it is to rather probable that the ansi
store will provide a copy in the future for a much more reasonable
price, similar as they did for the C++03 standard document.

HTH & Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Kr   gler


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