Re: [boost] Report from Berlin C++ Standards Committee meeting

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-16 22:33:54

"Steve Hutton" <shutton_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:e1u597$iop$1_at_sea.gmane.org...

> - SQL is an ANSI standard, and it is universally known by every db 
> developer
> and database administrator.  It is taught in schools and entire books
> are written about it.

SQL is also an ISO standard. That is very imporant from the standpoint of 
the C++ committee. C++ is an ISO standard, so it can easily reference other 
ISO standards. For SQL, that means that the C++ Standard doesn't have to 
specify how SQL works - instead it just says "see ISO standard 
such-and-such". That keeps the LWG, the project editor, and utilimately the 
gnomes of Geneva all happy.

--Beman