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C++26, C++29, C++32, ... C++50?

Surely all good things come to an end, but where? i reckon there will be a C++29. what about C++38? C++43 sounds terrifying. Mid-century C++? there is no way in hell i will still be staying up to date with C++43. Personally I've already cut the cord at C++11.



> Surely all good things come to an end, but where?

As long as there are people willing to put in the work to convince the standards committee that the proposals they champion are worth adding to C++ (and as long as there is a committee to convince, I suppose), then new versions of C++ will continue to be released.

> there is no way in hell i will still be staying up to date with C++43. Personally I've already cut the cord at C++11.

Sure, different developers will find different features compelling and so will be comfortable living with different standards. That one group is fine with existing features shouldn't automatically prevent another from continuing to improve the language if they can gain consensus, though.


There is also COBOL 2023 and Fortran 2023. C++ will probably be quite niche in a few decades, but I don't see why it should stop being updated.




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