Of general interest to all C++ users:
 >From bs@research.att.com Sun Nov 16 19:34:11 1997
 >Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++, comp.lang.c++.moderated, comp.std.c++,
 >comp.lang.c, comp.object
 >Subject: ISO C++ Standard Passes
 >From: bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup)
 >Date: 17 Nov 97 02:34:11 GMT
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
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