From: mschulter AT mach1 DOT s-cc DOT com () Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Getting the ANSI standard Date: 7 Feb 1997 19:08:44 GMT Organization: S&C Communictions Lines: 29 Message-ID: <5dfujs$pip@news.s-cc.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: mach1.s-cc.com To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp David May (dmay AT tvi DOT cc DOT nm DOT us) wrote: : On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Tony O'Bryan wrote: : > Does anyone know of an Internet site that has the ANSI C standard available for : > download? : > : That would be nice...however, I think it is copyrighted by ANSI and : available for $130.00 (at least that is what the C FAQ says, updated Oct : 1996.) If you find it and it is a legal distribution, please let us know. One source for the 1988 version of the ANSI standard is a great book to have for any DJGPPer anyway: Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, _The C Programming Language, Second Edition_ (Prentice Hall, 1988), ISBN 0-13-110362-8. While the appendices it includes actually give a paraphrase of the Standard rather than the Standard itself, I would say that coming from the founders of the language this is a fairly authoritative interpretation , even if "unofficial." Not only do you get a reference on the ANSI standard, of course, but also one of the best guides to "help you to learn C and to use it well." Most respectfully, Margo Schulter mschulter AT mpu DOT com P.S. This Second Edition of "K&R," as it's often known, gets cited constantly in the C FAQ as a guide to things ANSI.