Where do you track the developments of new c++ standards?

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Where do you guys generally look for developments in C++, most importantly, developments in new standard and its approx/scheduled release data? also boost (well, boost.com)

Is there a centralized place?

thx

Endorsement answered 12/8, 2009 at 2:9 Comment(6)

It seams like C++0x has been taking forever! – Gibran 12/8, 2009 at 2:14

The good news it will last [forever] too! – Endorsement 12/8, 2009 at 2:18

This is the problem with a language that ins't "developed" by anyone (like Microsoft & C#). It can take forever to get updated. Just look at Java. – Gibran 12/8, 2009 at 4:0

Which makes it stable, and considering how widely used it is, is arguably a good thing. – Guardroom 12/8, 2009 at 11:34

@KTC: Oh it's stable, but look at how long it's been since the last update. I think it's something like 1998!??! If your using a framework like Qt, then it's easy to use, but if your using regular C++ and the WinAPI, it can really suck. – Gibran 12/8, 2009 at 14:13

The long time since last update is (to some extent) intentional. They wanted to give the language time to stabilize, and ensure both compilers and users got time to catch up. We might have hoped for a C++0x in 2008 or maybe 2007, but I don't think it was ever the plan to deliver an update before that. So it's not just the delays, but also a conscious policy to give it time. Future updates should be much faster (Stroustrup has mentioned a 5-year cycle in the future) – Zonation 13/8, 2009 at 1:3

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C++ has been updated much here lately. I would recommend wikipedia's article on C++ though. It usually is kept up to date (not that a lot's changed). I guess the closest thing to a specification that I've found is Bjarne Stroustrup's book (the creator of the C++ language) on, what else, the C++ language.

Gibran answered 12/8, 2009 at 2:15 Comment(1)

please don't forget to provide the link. – Endorsement 12/8, 2009 at 2:17

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You go to the C++ Standard Committee website:

Home: http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/

And for a quick access to any published papers:

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/

Timeless answered 12/8, 2009 at 2:34 Comment(0)

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In the past I've used the C++0x wiki entry, and to a lesser extent, the Informit C++ Reference. Recently, I came across a new blog that people may want to check out. It appears to have been started by a couple of committee members:

We started this site because the community at large seems especially hungry—right now—to know more about, and to be more involved in, what's happening on the cutting edge of C++. We're going to be writing articles on C++0x and advanced C++03. ... Thanks for visiting C++Next, Dave Abrahams and Doug Gregor

http://cpp-next.com

Transmundane answered 12/8, 2009 at 11:30 Comment(0)

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A lot of insiders to the standards working group discuss and post at comp.std.c++ so I guess that would qualify.

Another good place is Herb Sutter homepage and blog.

Addam answered 12/8, 2009 at 2:31 Comment(0)

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Trawling through my own answers, I just found this old question and realised that, while all other answers (including my own) are still valid, there is now one more important site that has been added to the list:

http://isocpp.org/

This is run by the committee themselves and has regular updates on the status of C++. And, recursively, also points to the occasional StackOverflow post.

They also usually tweet from @isocpp, when an article is posted or updated, or about other C++ issues, such as videos from recent C++ conferences.

Iqbal answered 24/10, 2013 at 14:24 Comment(1)

Winner . . . . . – Martijn 25/6, 2020 at 5:16

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Since I lurk on the Boost Developers' mailing list, I tend to become informed of interesting new developments in the Standard that way. There is usually an announcement of some kind by the folks who are both in Boost and on the committee, and this usually prompts me to look at the committee papers, and also provides for some very interesting informed discussion.

Iqbal answered 12/8, 2009 at 11:39 Comment(0)

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C++ has been updated much here lately. I would recommend wikipedia's article on C++ though. It usually is kept up to date (not that a lot's changed). I guess the closest thing to a specification that I've found is Bjarne Stroustrup's book (the creator of the C++ language) on, what else, the C++ language.

Gibran answered 12/8, 2009 at 2:15 Comment(1)

please don't forget to provide the link. – Endorsement 12/8, 2009 at 2:17

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I think the best places to start would be e.g.:

etc.

Martijn answered 25/6, 2020 at 5:24 Comment(0)

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