Pablo Halpern wrote:
>
> How much is shipping and handling? I can't very well order my copy of
> the draft if I don't know how much money to send. And what about tax?
> Are only NY residents affected by the tax?
>
 Shipping and handling is 6.00 USD and I did not have to pay tax
 (I live in MA) so I suspect that tax is only for NY residents.

One additional point, when I called to order, I needed to know the
publication number (ISO/IEC CD 14882) and it was usefull to know the
publication name ("Information Technology - Programming Languages, their
environments and system software interfaces - Programming Language
C++").

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The comp.std.c++ FAQ says:

2.Where can I get a copy of the working paper?

  The current public-comment version of the draft, December 1996, is
  available for $50.00 (plus shipping, handling, & tax) from:

  ...

  Although the previous public-comment version of the draft standard was

  publicly posted at an FTP site, current ISO and ANSI policy is that
  copies of the draft are freely available only to members (and member
  organizations) of the C++ Committee.

Two comments/questions:

1. How much is shipping and handling? I can't very well order my copy of
the draft if I don't know how much money to send. And what about tax?
Are only NY residents affected by the tax?

2. Why the policy of now allowing freely-available electronic versions
of the draft? I doubt that selling the draft is much of a money making
operation, so the only reason I can see for not making it freely
available on The Net is that they want to limit comments to people who
have the money and inclination to buy a hard-copy. This seems a bit
elitist to me. In addition to the cost, which is not a big deal by
itself, we lose all of the advantages of having an on-line version. For
example, I don't have to carry a hard-copy of the April 1995 draft with
me to my clients because I can always look things up on line. There are
very convenient hyper-text links within the document, and each section
is electronically searchable. I would much rather pay $50 for an
electronic edition of the draft (even if it came on floppies) than for a
hard-copy. Any chance of a machine-readable version becoming available?

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Pablo Halpern                   phalpern@truffle.ultranet.com

I am self-employed. Therefore, my opinions *do* represent
those of my employer.


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