Re: Status of ANSI/ISO C++ standard

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From: Fergus Henderson
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 13:59

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shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields) writes:

>Barry Margolin <barmar@nic.near.net> wrote:
>> It almost certainly slows the process, compared to an ordinary ANSI
>> standard.  Any major approval process requires two public reviews.  When
>> ISO submits a document for review, ANSI then has to do its own review to
>> determine how the US should respond in the ISO review.
>
>Do most of the ISO members have their own review to determine how they
>should respond, or is this an ANSI quirk?

All of the ISO members have some process to determine how they should
respond.  Some of them have public reviews, some don't.  ANSI is by
no means unique in having public reviews, but they are certainly not
universal either.

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Subject: Re: Status of ANSI/ISO C++ standard
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