: The best source for this is Stroustrup's new book about the history and
: development of C++ (I forget the exact title).

I'll jump in here:

The Design and Evolution of C++
Bjarne Stroustrup
ISBN: 0-201-54330-3
Approx $30US

-ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu

As a new reader of this newsgroup, and wanting to understand:-

1) What is the current status of the standardisation process


2) Where can I get the ARM and any other pertinant document on the
   standardisation process.

3) What are the significant alterations that have beena greed that
   extend the language beyond the definitions in Lippman's and Stroustrup's
   text books (second edition)

5) How many of the so far agreed points of the standard are contained in
   the current compilers, in particular in cfront 4.0


6) At least as important as the language, what is the currently agreed libraries
   and where can I find copies that either are as so far agreed or are close.
   Including where is this STL class that is currently being discussed obtainable
   from.


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In article <Cw6H21.EJI@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, ddr@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Douglas Rogers) writes:
|> As a new reader of this newsgroup, and wanting to understand:-
|>
|> 1) What is the current status of the standardisation process

The committee is working hard on preparing the first draft of the
proposed standard.  There is a good chance the first draft may be
made available sometime early next year (realistically speaking).
|>
|> 2) Where can I get the ARM and any other pertinant document on the
|>    standardisation process.

In the USA the ARM is available in almost any decent technical bookstore.
I am not sure about the U.K., but I would think even there a good
technical bookstore withh decent CS department would have it.

|> 3) What are the significant alterations that have been agreed that
|>    extend the language beyond the definitions in Lippman's and Stroustrup's
|>    text books (second edition)

The best source for this is Stroustrup's new book about the history and
development of C++ (I forget the exact title).
|>
|> 5) How many of the so far agreed points of the standard are contained in
|>    the current compilers, in particular in cfront 4.0

Practically none, beyond templates. Not even an old extension, exceptions,
is widely available (sigh).

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