    0 Accredited Standards Committee*              Doc No:X3J16/96-0225
      X3, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS                  WG21/N1043
                                                   Date:  2 December 1996
                                                   Project:Programming Language C++
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                                Working Paper for
         Draft Proposed International Standard for Information Systems--
                             Programming Language C++

                                     Abstract

    0 This document specifies the form and establishes the interpretation of
      programs expressed in the programming language C++.  Its purpose is to
      promote  portability, reliability, maintainability, and efficient exe-
      cution of C++ language programs on a  variety  of  computing  systems.
      This  document  is  subject  to  change without notice, and may not be
      referred to as a Standard until approved by  an  accredited  standards
      body.  Distribution of this document does not represent or warrant any
      degree of completeness or correctness of this document.  This document
      is  a working draft and is known to be incorect, incomplet, and incoN-
      sistent.

    0 The information in this document is subject to change  without  notice
      and  shall not be construed as a commitment by any individual or orga-
      nization participating in the development of this document.  The indi-
      viduals  and  organizations  participating  in the development of this
      document assume no responsibility for any errors that  may  appear  in
      this  document, nor is responsibility assumed for the use or reliabil-
      ity of products based on the specification of this document.  Portions
      of  this document are derived from books by Bjarne Stroustrup (The C++
      Programming   Language,   Second   Edition;    Addison-Wesley,    ISBN
      0-201-53992-6,  copyright  ©  1991  AT&T)  and P.J. Plauger (The Draft
      Standard C++ Library; Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-117003-1,  copyright  ©
      1995 P.J. Plauger).  All rights in these originals are reserved.

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