Re: [boost] [any] new version

Subject: Re: [boost] [any] new version
From: Ilya Bobyr (ilya.bobir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-17 17:03:09

On 9/17/2011 11:10 AM, Bronek Kozicki wrote:
> [...]
>
> Having said that, I agree the price for a copy of C++ 2011 standard is 
> much too high and was happy to learn it's going to be much lower by 
> 2012. If you don't want to buy it from American standarization body, 
> go to your national one and ask if you can contribute to work of 
> ISO/IEC committee JTC1/SC22/WG21 - technical experts have free access 
> to relevant ISO documents, including copy of standard. 

ISO web site actually says

> Orders for *ISO standards* and other *ISO publications* should 
> normally be addressed to the ISO member in your country. 

http://www.iso.org/iso/store/purchasing_from_iso_members.htm

It means that if you are not in the United States you are not supposed 
to by the $30 version and pay anything to any US organizations.  I guess 
it addresses this issue:

> As a matter of principle I don't want to finance INCITS (merely U.S.
> organization) and won't pay even $0.03.

-- 
Ilya Bobyr