Stroustrup's talk on C++0x

[Jascha Wetzel]

eao197 wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:36:07 +0400, Bill Baxter 
> <dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote:
> 
>> A lot of you probably saw Bjarne Stroustrup's talk on C++0x on the web.
>> If not here's the link:
>>    http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/C++0x%20-%20An%20Overview.html
> 
> BTW, there is a C++0x overview in Wikipedia: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B0x
> 
> It is iteresting to know which advantages will have D (2.0? 3.0? 4.0?) 
> over C++0x? May be only high speed compilation and GC.
> 

bjarne stroustroup is talking about ongoing discussion about GC features 
getting into the standard.
but obviously, none of C++'s real problems will be fixed in C++0x, since 
that would require to remove features, not to add them. on the other 
hand, they didn't even get the ABI/linking issues into the standard.

backward compatibility is bad. C++ and Windows are the most prominent 
examples for that. it's better to have cuts every now and then and 
provide separate tools that ease the transition.

i don't see any of D's potential diminished by C++0x.

i think it's curious how much time bjarne stroustroup spends explaining 
how constrained C++'s language design process is.