Do you have the C or C++ standard? (serious question)

[Chris Hills]

Hi,

It came up in a standards panel meeting the other day that "all c or C++
programmers" have a copy of ISO C and/or C++ ...

I challenged this and said most don't (outside those working on the
standards).

Well, do most of you have a copy of the relevant ISO language standard
of your own or is there one on your desk at work?
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[Ian Collins]

Chris Hills wrote:

>
Hi,

It came up in a standards panel meeting the other day that "all c or C++
programmers" have a copy of ISO C and/or C++ ...

I challenged this and said most don't (outside those working on the
standards).

Well, do most of you have a copy of the relevant ISO language standard
of your own or is there one on your desk at work?

Yes, both hard copy and PDF.

--
Ian Collins.

[jacob navia]

Chris Hills wrote:

>
Hi,

It came up in a standards panel meeting the other day that "all c or C++
programmers" have a copy of ISO C and/or C++ ...

I challenged this and said most don't (outside those working on the
standards).

Well, do most of you have a copy of the relevant ISO language standard
of your own or is there one on your desk at work?

This will not work. Who will say in public

"I do not have the standard's copy" ???

This is a biased question. Everybody will swear you they have it
and they read it every night... when they can't sleep.

:-)

jacob

[Chris Hills]

In article <45************ ***********@new s.orange.fr>, jacob navia
<ja***@jacob.re mcomp.frwrites

>Chris Hills wrote:

> Hi,
It came up in a standards panel meeting the other day that "all c or
C++ programmers" have a copy of ISO C and/or C++ ...
I challenged this and said most don't (outside those working on the
standards).
Well, do most of you have a copy of the relevant ISO language
standard of your own or is there one on your desk at work?

This will not work. Who will say in public
"I do not have the standard's copy" ???
This is a biased question. Everybody will swear you they have it
and they read it every night... when they can't sleep.

I have asked this question in several places and the majority have said
they do not have a copy of the language standard for c or C++

Many have the K&R2 or the BS books but as far as most are concerned the
compiler manuals are more important than the standard.

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[Jim Langston]

"Chris Hills" <ch***@phaedsys .orgwrote in message
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>
Hi,

It came up in a standards panel meeting the other day that "all c or C++
programmers" have a copy of ISO C and/or C++ ...

I challenged this and said most don't (outside those working on the
standards).

Well, do most of you have a copy of the relevant ISO language standard of
your own or is there one on your desk at work?

No, I don't have a copy of the standard for C or C++ and I think that most
programmers don't.

[Ron Natalie]

Ian Collins wrote:

Yes, both hard copy and PDF.

I've got the PDF's for C90, C99, C++98 and C++03 on my laptop.
I have never found the need for a hard copy.

[Zara]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:57:40 +0100, Chris Hills <ch***@phaedsys .org>
wrote:

>
Hi,

It came up in a standards panel meeting the other day that "all c or C++
programmers" have a copy of ISO C and/or C++ ...

I challenged this and said most don't (outside those working on the
standards).

Well, do most of you have a copy of the relevant ISO language standard
of your own or is there one on your desk at work?

I have C++Std over my desk, and C99 3 meters away

Zara

[Richard Tobin]

In article <+I************ **@phaedsys.dem on.co.uk>,
Chris Hills <ch***@phaedsys .demon.co.ukwro te:

>Well, do most of you have a copy of the relevant ISO language standard
of your own or is there one on your desk at work?

I have the C standards, but I rarely refer to them except when posting
in comp.lang.c. If I need to look something up I'm more likely to use
K&R or (for library functions) the unix man pages.

-- Richard

[loufoque]

Chris Hills wrote :

It came up in a standards panel meeting the other day that "all c or C++
programmers" have a copy of ISO C and/or C++ ...

I only have the working drafts as PDFs that I read when I have doubts
about some stuff.

I challenged this and said most don't (outside those working on the
standards).

I think most advanced programmers that are actually interested in those
languages have at least taken a few looks at it.

[Martin Steen]

Chris Hills wrote:

>
Hi,

It came up in a standards panel meeting the other day that "all c or C++
programmers" have a copy of ISO C and/or C++ ...

No, I don't have it.

I have the K&R-book (which I haven't used for years because I don't like
it) and of course Bjarne Stroustrup's C++ book (an edition from 1992)
and several other C and C++ books.

Best regards, Martin