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    Hello !

    Where can I get a copy of the C Standard (the ansi one)?

    (free is good)

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    >Where can I get a copy of the C Standard (the ansi one)?
    You can buy it from ANSI, or get 'The annotated ANSI C standard' by Shildt. If you go with the Shildt book, ignore all of the interpretations and only read the direct standard. Both cost money though, the actual standard is around $130 and the book is considerably less at around $40.

    >free is good
    Yes it is, when reading that line in the context of asking about the ISO C standard my first reaction was "Bwa ha ha". It would be nice if the standard that we all must follow were free for us all to get a hold of. Maybe we'd see some better code floating around.

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    Hi!

    The ANSI standard of C is NOT freely available... The standard ANSI X3.159-1989 (almost identical to iso9899:199409, but usually referred to as THE ANSI C standard) is only available in paper form for about $140. The new standard ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (ISO C99) is available in electronic form for about $20. (But some people are willing to share... just google with the full name of the standard...)

    alex

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