Stroustrup's talk on C++0x

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Reply to Walter,

> 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.
> 

Does that make the c++ crowd's main objective to remain as the dominant language? 
Maybe somebody needs to enforce term limit on programming languages.