Re:“ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling them”
by s17n on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:03PM
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What do nation-states and legal compliance have to do with standards like C++ and SQL? I've never heard of a government mandating that compilers be standards compliant, or anything like that.
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Re:“ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling them”
by colejohnson66 on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:12PM
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ISO deals with way more than just C++ and SQL.
Re:“ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling them”
by s17n on Monday March 08, 2021 @06:15PM
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I'm guessing that those parts of what ISO does aren't what Tim Sweeney had in mind - he specifically called out C++ in the tweet.
Re:“ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling them”
by bombcar on Monday March 08, 2021 @07:23PM
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POSIX is mandated by government contracts - and so are many other things. If you’re selling into governments you need to be able to sign off that you comply with the appropriate standards (whatever the government wants - usually a standard written by the vendor they want to choose)..
Re:“ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling them”
by passivate on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:15PM
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One of the things with government regs that I've learnt working in biotech is that access to the document(s) isn't enough. There are various nuances with the interpretation, and only someone well versed and experienced in them can prepare you for an audit. Our company pays top-dollar for these consultants.