Re: Get current (was: Infinite Loops and Explicit Exits

Correction (Chuck et al),

You may now PURCHASE a printed copy of the FINAL *ANSI* (not ISO) version of
 the
approved Standard for $40.  See:

http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/d...duct_id=1095105

FYI,
To the best of my knowledge, the "free" FDIS" version is no longer available
on the web.

FYI-2,
The ANSI (not the ISO) version of  the Standard does include a "permission t
o
use" statement.  This is different from the old "Acknowledgement" - but does
provide medium-free usage permission.

FYI-3,
Neither the '85 Standard nor the '89 or '91 amendments were available "for
free" from ANSI (or NIST or anywhere else that I know of).  The only (major)
difference was that you could "share" copies - but these were HARD-copies, n
ot
an "electronic" version (except - I think for the final amendment).

Final comment:
The ISO (and the DIN, BSI, and other national standard bodies) copies of the
'02 Standard can be purchases as well.  Their prices vary significantly.

--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"Chuck Stevens" <charles.stevens@unisys.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:2vjcqjF2n4hvtU1@uni-berlin.de...
> 
>
> Correction.  It costs $18 to download your own .pdf copy of the published
> standard from ANSI.   It is not a draft.
> 
>
> Correction.  I think the price is actually $281, and what that gets you is
> the same technical material that ANSI distributes for $18 with different
> cover pages.    The ISO version is the original, the ANSI version was take
n
> from it.
>
> Both are published standards, one published by ISO and one published by
> ANSI.  You can get either version from the ANSI standards store.
>
> So far as I know, nobody's distributing a printed version.
>
> The only COBOL standards draft I know of still available on the internet i
s
> the working draft of the *next* standard, to which there's a link on the J
4
> website.  Basically, the stuff marked obsolete in the 2002 standard has be
en
> deleted, and as a result the page and section numbering might differ, but
> aside from that it's pretty much the 2002 standard.  (This might change
> after the December J4 meeting, at which producing a new draft to include t
he
> changes thus far approved is up for discussion.  The link to the 2002 FCD 
on
> the J4 website appears, unfortunately, to be a dead end.
> 
>
> True enough.
> 
>
> Which is why ANSI charges $18 to defer their costs in maintaining a
> repository for, and distributing copies of, this particular standard.
> Personally, I think that's pretty darned inexpensive!
>
>    -Chuck Stevens
>
>