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  2. From: dtm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Muxworthy)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
  4. Subject: Re: Fortran 90 Standard document
  5. Message-ID: <27815@castle.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 6 Nov 92 13:45:25 GMT
  7. References: <1dc5teINNbj9@manuel.anu.edu.au> <KHB.92Nov5191219@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM>
  8. Organization: Edinburgh University
  9. Lines: 16
  10.  
  11. In article <KHB.92Nov5191219@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM> khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM
  12. (Keith Bierman fpgoup) writes:
  13. >
  14. >From the comp.lang.fortran.faq
  15. >
  16. >Q1) Where can I get a copy of the Fortran 90 Standard?
  17.  
  18. [list of addresses and info on prices deleted]
  19.  
  20. The official ISO price from their Geneva office is indeed SFR 125.  Readers
  21. in the UK, before ordering it through BSI, might like to know that the BSI
  22. price for exactly the same document is #186.40.  Repeated requests to BSI
  23. Publications Department to explain the reasons for the difference have
  24. failed to produce anything approaching a satisfactory answer.
  25. David Muxworthy
  26. (BSI Fortran convenor)
  27.