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Biggest Changes In C++11 (and Why You Should Care)

Posted by timothy on from the it-serves-as-its-own-emoticon dept.

Esther Schindler writes "It's been 13 years since the first iteration of the C++ language. Danny Kalev, a former member of the C++ standards committee, explains how the programming language has been improved and how it can help you write better code."

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  1. But... by DeathToBill · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is news for nerds. Stuff that matters. I thought /. abandoned this stuff ages ago...

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  2. Re:Nice but... by mmcuh · · Score: 5, Informative

    GCC, which is probably the most used C++ compiler, supports the new for-syntax since 4.6, deleted member functions since 4.4, and explicit virtual overrides in the 4.7 development series.

  3. Re:Still playing catch-up to C#. by rennerik · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Your comment caught some flack, but I couldn't help but make a similar observation as I read the spec. It seems that they are adding a lot of stuff to C++ that exists in C# (lambda expressions, delegated constructors, automatic deduction, initialization syntax, a dedicated null keyword, etc).

    Of course, they added a bunch of stuff that's also NOT in C# (since it's not necessary in a high-level language like C#), but I am glad that they are revamping C++ to incorporate some higher-level functions. Now we just have to wait for compilers to start adopting the new spec...