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Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1.

International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote.

Amendment 1 to ISO/IEC 8652:1995 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 22, Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces.

Amendment 1 cancels and replaces those portions of ISO/IEC 8652:1995 as corrected by Technical Corrigendum 1 ISO/IEC 8652:1995/Cor.1:2001 as specified by the body of this amendment. Those portions of the International Standard as corrected by Technical Corrigendum 1 not modified by this amendment remain in force.

The main emphasis of Amendment 1 is to improve the object-oriented programming and the real-time features of ISO/IEC 8652:1995 while also strengthening reliability.

As in ISO/IEC 8652:1995, Annexes A to J form an integral part of the International Standard as amended. Annexes K to Q are for information only.