Stroustrup's talk on C++0x

Walter Bright newshound1 at digitalmars.com
Mon Aug 20 09:37:01 PDT 2007


Sean Kelly wrote:
> It actually has to be finished by year end 2008, and they have committed 
> to getting the standard done on time even if it means dropping features. 
>  In fact, last I heard, a few features were indeed being dropped for 
> lack of time, but I can't recall what they were.  I haven't been keeping 
> that close an eye on the C++ standardization process recently, aside 
> from the new memory model and atomic features.

C++0x started out with the stated purpose of just a few core language 
tweaks, and a bunch of new libraries. Sometime in the last couple of 
years, that was abandoned wholesale and a big raft of complex new 
features were proposed.

I think it's the success of D that lit the fire.



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