A perspective on ISO C
Bjarne Stroustrup · 1996
As C++ programmers, we already feel the impact of the work of the ANSI/ISO C++ standards committee. Yet the ink is hardly dry on the first official draft of the standard. Already, we can use language features only hinted at in the ARM [Ellis,1989] and ‘‘The C++ Programming Language (second edition),’ ’ [Strous-trup,1991], compilers are beginning to show improved compatibility, implementations of the new standard