Herb Sutter
tl;dr… A few highlights Adopted this week in draft C++29: Complete catalog of all undefined behavior (UB) in C++. Contract pre/post support for virtual functions. Defaulting (=default) for postfix increment/decrement. Designated initializers for base classes. Python-style .lookup(key) for...
Herb Sutter
News flash: C++26 is done! On Saturday, the ISO C++ committee completed technical work on C++26 in (partly) sunny London Croydon, UK. We resolved the remaining international comments on the C++26 draft, and are now producing the final document to be sent out for its international approval...
Herb Sutter
2025 was another great year for C++. It shows in the numbers Before we dive into the data below, let’s put the most important question up front: Why have C++ and Rust been the fastest-growing major programming languages from 2022 to 2025? Primarily, it’s because throughout the history of...
Herb Sutter
Starting today I’m excited to be working on a new team, with my C++ standards and community roles unchanged. I also wanted to write a few words about why I’m excited about continuing to invest my time heavily in C++’s standardization and evolution especially now, because I think 2024 has been a...