From -9207554977132476448 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,b2ee37ea6b4e52ab X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: clamage@eng.sun.com (Steve Clamage) Subject: Re: ISO vs ANSI C++ Date: 1999/07/11 Message-ID: <7majdq$j8i$1@engnews1.eng.sun.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 500684234 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: taumet.eng.sun.com Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <7m5mhs$ib0$1@gxsn.com> Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Originator: clamage@taumet "Paul Baxter" writes: >As I understand it, the C++ standard has been accepted by ISO. >Is the SAME standard to be ratified by ANSI (or is this even needed?) Because some slightly conflicting answers have been posted, let me clarify the situation. The ISO C++ standard was produced as a joint effort by the ANSI J16 committee (acting as a "Type I" committee) and the ISO SC22/WG21 committee. The standard was completed in November 1997, ratified by international voting as an International Standard (IS) in July 1998, and published in September 1998. As a separate step, ANSI decides whether to adopt the IS as an American National Standard. (In principle, ANSI need not adopt any ISO standard as an American National Standard.) In 1998 ANSI voted to accept the ISO C++ standard as an American standard. (ANSI actually conducted two separate votes: The first was to determine the US national vote on whether IS should adopt the final draft as an IS. The second was an internal vote on whether to adopt the IS as an American National standard.) There is only one C++ standard. Until the year 2003, no changes can be considered, apart from correcting actual errors in a way so as not to make substantial changes. -- Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@sun.com Chair, J16 C++ Committee [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]