[OpenISO] The C++ standard

[Tonnerre LOMBARD]

Salut,

On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 06:01:44PM +0200, Henrik Sundberg wrote:
> Note: My view of C++ is mostly hearsay. The conclusions might be valid anyway.
> 
> My impression is that the C++ standard is overly complex as a result
> of different compiler vendors implementation. Instead of choosing,
> several ways to do the same thing are included in the standard.
> 
> Will the proposed resolution in OpenISO.org avoid such things?
> I.e. will OpenISO.org be able to look after the needs of the users of
> the standards (as opposed to the companies that define them) than e.g.
> ISO?
> I think that would be very good

I must say that I as a user am quite happy with ISO/IEC 14882 (even the
recent versions). Something I do find terrible is ISO/IEC 9899:1999, at
least partially. There are some good enhancements and there are some
which just suck and show that people wanted to make C a language it
wasn't. Well, whatever.

C++ just is a highly complex language, which appears to be reflected in
the standard you are referring to. But I appreciate the standard that
was issued and I am quite confident that it will finally stop C++'s trend
to keep evolving in incompatible ways (at least on the base).

BTW, someone should have a look at ISO/IEC 11801, which, in my opinion,
also deserves pure ratification as it is a good standard. The only
tuning it could need is towards Category 6 but that doesn't seem
necessary as such to me.

				Tonnerre
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