Stroustrup Says New C++ Standard Delayed Until 2010 Or Later

wandazulu writes "At the end of an article written by the creator of C++, where he talks about removing a feature from the new C++ standard, he drops a bombshell: The new C++ standard (typically referred to as C++0x) has been delayed until 2010 or later. What does this mean? No new C++ features like threads, proper enum classes, or hash tables. C++0x is dead, long live C++1x!"

Comments

Re:How about a REAL C++ feature....

[Freetardo Jones]

And btw before someone mentions something like Azureus as a counterexample, I've seen Firefox still eat up more RAM than that program if they are running for the same period of time and that's with about 10 or so torrents running in it.

I do

[dazedNconfuzed]

If you think C++ is staggeringly complex, you're probably not in a position to evaluate whether another 40 pages of complicated features is going to make the language any better.

Re:How about a REAL C++ feature....

[Freetardo Jones]

Yes, but since every Java and .NET app are supposed to be super bloated wouldn't they by that very virtue have bigger executables and use more RAM than any C or C++ program? Or maybe my point was that such oft-repeated hyperbole is moronic.

C++ has always been an ugly bastard

[presidenteloco]

son of C and an impure virtual function.

Now you get 2, 2, 2 languages for the price of 1.
N' delay pas. Acheter now!

Please please let it die.

Can't we use a decent 21st century language
with embedded D or something for the
bare metal access sections.