Are there any significant differences between the C++ documented in the
third edition of Stroustrup's book and the Standard C++ that has gone
out for final ratification?

If there are, where can I look for explanations, technicalities,
justifications?

-- Mark Handy
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Mark Handy <mdh@cs.brown.edu> writes:

 > Are there any significant differences between the C++ documented in the
 > third edition of Stroustrup's book and the Standard C++ that has gone
 > out for final ratification?

 > If there are, where can I look for explanations, technicalities,
 > justifications?

My 3rd is a tutorial and a users' reference; it is not a standard.
It describes the language as defined by the standard in quite some detail,
but from a user's point of view. There are some technicalities,
though I try to avoid technicalities that are mostly intellectual
delights and focus on concepts, techniques, and the "technicalities"
that must be known to write efficient and elegant code.

All major features are described and the few details from the standard
that I hadn't initially anticipated are reflected on my errata pages
and in later printings.

For design rationale, the primary reference is "The Design and Evolution
of C++". That book goes much deeper in that direction than a tutorial
and reference can.

For more details, see my homepages.


 - Bjarne

Bjarne Stroustrup, AT&T Labs, http://www.research.att.com/~bs
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