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fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson) writes:

>Bryan Drew <bdrew@hi-q.demon.co.uk> writes:

>>Could someone involved in the C++ standardisation effort give an
>>indication of when the C++ Standard is likely to be ratified ?
>>
>>Are we talking 6 months, 1 year, 2- 3 years, longer?

>I think the current proposed schedule looks something like this:

>3/96		Complete CD ballot resolution
>5/96		Begin second CD ballot
>11/96 or 3/97	Complete second CD ballot resolution
>1/97 (or 5/97)	Begin DIS ballot
>8/97 (or 12/97)	Complete editorial corrections arising from
>DIS ballot resolution. Send IS to ITTF (with final report).

>So about 2-3 years.

But the final standard should not differ in any important way from
the second CD (Committee Draft) in late 1996. Once the draft is
submitted as a DIS (Draft International Standard) no changes are
permitted except for correcting typographical errors like
misspellings.
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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com
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