ANSI and ISO C++

(Was: Can't compile flex/yacc generated code with ANSI C++ Compiler")


(My guess that this is strictly speaking a topic for comp.std.c++, but in
case readers of this group have missed it, I indicate it here.)


In article 01-12-085, Martin von Loewis
<loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de> wrote:
>As an aside, I'd hope that people get used to call the language ISO
>C++, instead of calling it ANSI C++ (which is strictly speaking true
>as well, but then I should call it DIN C++).


Strictly speaking there are two standards, the ISO+IEC+14882-1998 and the
ANSI ISO+IEC+14882-1998. In fact both can bought from ansi.org, and the
former costs about $250, and the latter $18. So they definitely are
different standards:


In fact, the documents are identical, except that the ANSI C++ standard
has an additional stamp, saying that it has been adopted by the ANSI,
which on the same time lowers the cost of it more than $200.


So I always use ANSI C++, because I felt that the ISO C++ standard was too
expensive. :-)


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