Bjarne Stroustrup Previews C++0x

Szplug writes "Bjarne Stroustrup has a sneak peek at the additions to C++ that he expects will be completed (hopefully) by 2009. Included are language-defined threads, optional garbage collection, some automatic type deduction, and template concepts. From the article: 'The list of current proposals is still quite modest and not anywhere as ambitious as I'd like. However, more proposals are being considered and more libraries will appear either as part of the C++0x standard itself or as further committee technical reports.'"

Comments

Heh

[gowen]

The efficiency of the basic language features ... make the use of libraries attractive in an incredibly broad set of application areas and reduce the need for new language features.

Translation : C++ will continue to be a highly useful language, as long as some other sucker does all the hard work. Thanks Bjarne, your dedication to keeping core C++ about as functional as assembly language (without the speed) is highly admirable.

Downhill at a fast rate

[mustafap]

I still think C++ was invented as a joke. I mean, fancy allowing standard operators to be overloaded. And reference variables? I now have to carefully examine very function prototype when I need to know if a function call might have side effects.

And now garbage collection? That just a feature to fix poorly written code.

When I found the C language, I stopped looking. Ah well.

Naming...

[Anonymous Coward]

C++0x

Who did that? A retard who uses to work with Buzz- and Powerwords?

The "++" didn't really make sence before (why 2 of them?). Now, there is a 0x...

Fuck this... I haven't read the article and already lost interest...

Re:Worth it?

[masklinn]

C++ is a tremendously type safe language

Uh, yeah, right...