It was very nice meeting you in Frankfurt. I see Dave and you have just opened a new website, http://cpp-next.com Great!

I’d recommend anyone else reading your blog to also check http://cpp-next.com

Kind regards, Niels

I’m still reading Bjarne Stroustrup’s “Simplifying Concepts”. It is great– I mean, great– reading, even though it is obviously an unpolished piece written for a fairly narrow audience. (“http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2009/n2906.pdf”)

Stroustrup has written a post for Dr. Dobb’s:
“http://www.ddj.com/cpp/218600111″

I’ve seen another from Danny Kalev. I haven’t followed any other discussions yet, so I’m a bit out of the loop: this is “news to me”, too.

Personally, I get a sense that Dr. Stroustrup does seem determined to assuage bitterness. Think of the work that’s gone into this!! Read his essay to understand some of the problems, and the article for some so-called reconciliation (in the sense that it gives me, the fight is far from over!). Seven-plus years of work on a project you care about and untold numbers of programmers use or are affected by each day doesn’t disappear easily.

I was stunned by the news, too. Concepts were indeed highly vaunted, and rightly so. The trouble is… well, I’m sure that Dr. Gregor will write something thoughtful (ahem… Doug.. .

I’m looking forward to C++0whatever. Heck, just the “auto” keyword alone will help with many of my (sob!) personal problems in daily coding “getting the job done”. The “little” features mean a lot to ordinary mortals.

But, it’s very, very important to get at the fundamentals. C++ is a brilliant software engineering language, with a lot of strength. Each choice from the committee will impact untold lines of code.