It would be nice, but it is hard to do

how do you grade someone on programming skill rather than
knowledge of specifics

It's easy to set an exam on 500 functions
not so easy on something as vague as how to program well :-(

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> > Is there any industry certification for c++?
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> Do you mean certification for programmers, such that we can happily say we
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> I don't think there is any such certification for Standard C++ (someone
> asked a similar question just now in
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> And I think it should be graded - and based primarily on approach and
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> 500 or whatever functions and classes by rote.
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> Anyone else want to see a professional body?
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> Is there any industry certification for c++?
>
Do you mean certification for programmers, such that we can happily say we
are "fully qualified
C++ programmers".

I don't think there is any such certification for Standard C++ (someone
asked a similar question just now in
comp.lang.c++ ) but I wish there were.

And I think it should be graded - and based primarily on approach and
technique rather than simply learning
500 or whatever functions and classes by rote.

Anyone else want to see a professional body?

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