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C11
The international standard which defines the C programming language is available from ISO, and participating countries via their national body's publishing arrangement(s), many of which are available via the web for easy purchasing. The current revision is ISO/IEC 9899:2011 -- also called C11 and until recently "c1x". Each participating country adopts the standard into their own standards system (some use the same document number) and in some cases changes are made to the document, though the technical content should (and really must) remain the same.
The working group (WG14) makes some of the drafts, the rationale by which they made their decisions (The Rationale) and issues raised against the standard (Defect Reports) available for free from their web site, see Web_resources#Secondary_materials for the links. You can obtain something very close to the standard for free because they have made working drafts available, the latest is N1570.
Sites that make one or more of the documents available are:
ISO:
- CHF 238 - http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=57853 -- same price for PDF download or PDF shipped on a CD.
- ISO/IEC 9899/Cor1:2012: http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=61717 -- PDF download
USA INCITS (née ANSI) -- essentially identical to the ISO/IEC document:
- USD 60 - INCITS/ISO/IEC 9899:2012 http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=INCITS%2FISO%2FIEC+9899-2012 -- PDF download.
- ISO/IEC 9899/Cor1:2012: http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=ISO%2fIEC+9899%2fCor1%3a2012 -- PDF download
C99
The older standard ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (aka C99) will soon be unavailable from official sources, due to the recent ISO adoption of C11.
This is also effectively available for free as N1256.
The British Standards Institute (BSI) has published C99, TC1 and The Rationale in a bound book, see Books#References for the link.
Sites that make one or more of the documents available are:
USA INCITS (née ANSI) -- PDF format download only:
- USD 30 - INCITS/ISO/IEC 9899:1999 http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=INCITS%2fISO%2fIEC+9899-1999+(R2005)
Techstreet -- PDF format free download, USD 12 for printed edition:
- ISO/IEC 9899/Cor1:2001: http://www.techstreet.com/standards/iso_iec/9899_cor1_2001?product_id=1035925
- ISO/IEC 9899/Cor2:2004: http://www.techstreet.com/standards/iso_iec/9899_cor2_2004?product_id=1205982
- ISO/IEC 9899/Cor3:2007: http://www.techstreet.com/standards/iso_iec/9899_cor3_2007?product_id=1527765
C89 / C90 / C95
The older standards -- ANSI X3.159-1989 (aka C89), ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (aka C90), ISO/IEC 9899:1990/AMD 1:1995 (aka AMD1 or C95) -- are no longer available from official sources, so your best source is a printed book. C89 and C90 are identical except for the frontmatter and section numbering.
AS 3955-1991 (C90) is still available from two sources:
- SAI-Global, the exclusive publisher for Standards Australia:
- AUD 224.76 - PDF or hard copy (printed): http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/Details.aspx?ProductID=306911
AMD1 (which transforms C90 into C95) can be ordered from IHS (née Global Engineering Documents):
- USD 65 for PDF and USD 82 for hard copy (printed): enormous product url hidden
Many standards can be ordered from good technical booksellers, such as Opamp.
Note: Implementations which conform with C89/C90 are more widely available than those which conform with any later revision(s).
