In article <bq**********@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>,
Zeus <to*************@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have a question.
Can anyone tell me why the latest c++ standard is so expensive($273) to buy?
Shouldn't it be free or very cheap?
It costs money to maintain the ISO infrastructure for producing standards
and making them available.
The previous version of the C++ standard was available as a download for
$18. I suspect that it reduced sales of the more expensive printed
version enough that the ISO decided they needed to raise the price in
order to maintain revenues.
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Jon Bell <jt*******@presby.edu> Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA