ISO C++ Standard Passes (fwd)

[Oleg Krivosheev]

i think it might be of general interest...

regards

OK


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>From: Bjarne Stroustrup, bs@research.att.com
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>Friday, Nov 14, the ISO C++ standards committee unanimously approved a
>"final draft international standard" (FDIS) for C++. This means that all
>technical work on the C++ standard has been completed.
>
>The number of the C++ standard is ISO/IEC 14882.
>
>There is a final step in the ISO process where the standards bureaucraties
>ratify the decision of their technical experts. However, that is a
>formality where no serious controversy exists (and the C++ vote was
>unanimous!). Under ISO rules, it is now possible to refer to the C++
>standard from other standards. Therefore, so can we. We now have ISO C++,
>ANSI C++, AFNOR C++, BIS C++, DIN C++, etc. - and they are all the same :-)
>
>A press release from the committee aimed primarily at non-programmers can
>be found among my homepages.
>
>Personally, I'm very pleased with the new standard.
>
>	- Bjarne
>
>Bjarne Stroustrup, AT&T Labs, http://www.research.att.com/~bs