Do you really go purchase the standard documents from ISO? Or does your employer? I'd love to have the actual standard "around for reference," but 700-page technical documents from ISO are not cheap.
The next best thing is the latest draft standards, which are available online for free (and I always have them on my laptop, PC, and personal server). Differences between them and final official standard are not important. Search for N1256, N1570. Or grab them here. http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/standards
(There are more readable html versions floating about)
Do you really go purchase the standard documents from ISO? Or does your employer? I'd love to have the actual standard "around for reference," but 700-page technical documents from ISO are not cheap.