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On 15 Mar 2004 12:52:24 GMT in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, Hans-Bernhard
Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:

>Anthony <akantsel AT integra DOT rmt DOT ru> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> what are the main standarts for C and C++ language? 
>
>The standards governing the *languages* themselves are issued by ISO,
>and usually adopted by all national standardization bodies (like ANSI
>or DIN) under their own names, usually with only negligible changes to
>the layout and the title page.
>
>> How standarts of IEEE, ANSI and POSIX (and may be some others?) are
>> related to each other? 
>
>IEEE has nothing to do with this.  POSIX is not a language standard,
>but rather a set of standards describing a unified Unix platform
>including the C development toolchain.  It's essentially an add-on to
>the C language standard.

POSIX is IEEE Std 1003, and includes the C Standard library headers,
macros, and functions, plus extensions, and many additional UNIX APIs.

>> How can one get these main standarts?
>
>By paying for them.

Unified POSIX/Single UNIX Specs are available to download for free by
registering at http://www.unix.org 

ISO/IEC/ANSI C Standard in PDF form is available to download for US$18
from ANSI at
http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/product.asp?sku=INCITS/ISO/IEC+9899-1999

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