[Update: “C++11” is now the confirmed name — Geneva informs me that they plan to have it published in a matter of weeks, and then we’ll have ISO/IEC 14882:2011(E) Programming Languages — C++, Third Edition. The second edition was C++03, a Technical Corrigendum, or bug patch, that contained no new features. This is the first major revision with new features.]

The final ISO ballot on C++0x closed on Wednesday, and we just received the results: Unanimous approval.

The next revision of C++ that we’ve been calling “C++0x” is now an International Standard! Geneva will take several months to publish it, but we hope it will be published well within the year, and then we’ll be able to call it “C++11.”

I want to extend my thanks again to Bjarne Stroustrup for sharing his work with the world and continuing to help move it forward, and to all of the participants whose hard work went into achieving this important milestone in the history of a great language. Thanks!

I’m happy to report there’s a new show on Channel 9 that focuses on native code development in C++. It’s called “Going Native”… iTunes podcast here, Twitter @C9GoingNative.

From the description:

C9::GoingNative is a show dedicated to native development with an emphasis on C++ and C++ developers. Each episode will have a segment including an interview with a native dev in his/her native habitat (office) where we’ll talk about what they do and how they use native code and associated toolchains, as well as get their insights and wisdom—geek out. There will be a small news component or segment, but the show will primarily focus on technical tips and conversations with active C/C++ coders, demonstrations of new core language features, libraries, compilers, toolchains, etc.

We will bring in guests from around the industry for conversations, tutorials, and demos. As we
progress, we will also have segments on other native languages (C, D, Go, etc…). It’s all native all the time.

You, our viewers, fly first class. We’ll deliver what you want to see. That’s how it works.

Go native!

I just posted two more sessions I’ll be giving next month at C++ and Beyond. (Aside: If you’re interested in coming, register soon; there are now only 11 seats left.)

• “C++ Renaissance.” I’ve been asked to give the opening “Welcome, Everyone!” keynote talk at C&B 2011, and it’s time to cover an increasingly open secret: After a decade-long affair with managed languages where it became unfashionable to be interested in C++, C++’s power and efficiency are now getting very fashionable again. At the same time, C++ has been getting easier to use; key productivity features from the C++0x standard (aka C++11), like auto and lambdas, are increasingly widely available in commercial compilers and making using C++ easier than ever before without sacrificing its cornerstone — efficiency.This opening 40-minute talk covers the reasons why C++ is now enjoying a major renaissance, and why that will continue to grow over the next few years because of industry trends from processor design to mobile computing to cloud and datacenter environments.We already know that C++ is “the” language of choice for demanding applications. Here, we’ll cover why “demanding applications” increasingly means “most applications” and will be the bread and butter of our industry for the foreseeable future. We’ll see why and where other languages are still appropriate, but why C++’s applicability and demand is now again on an upswing more so than it has been for over a decade.
• “How to Teach Today’s C++.”  With the C++ Renaissance gathering steam, I’ve personally noticed a growing need to train developers who are now turning or returning to C++. These developers don’t need to be taught how to program, but they aren’t familiar with how clean it is to write code using today’s C++. The key is: What is the best and clearest way to teach the essentials of today’s C++ — both what to teach, and what not to teach?This session shows that it is possible to show a very clean path through today’s C++ that is available to production developers right now, including use of key C++0x features already supported in many compilers, that shows how clean C++ code can be and how it compares favorably to code written in managed languages while still retaining its longstanding efficiency advantage.Many attendees coming to C++ and Beyond are experienced developers, often in senior or leadership positions. Your company may look to you to define or personally provide training in the best development techniques, whether through team brownbags or formal training sessions. As developers continue to come back to C++, you will find yourself increasingly called upon to help them quickly learn what “modern C++” really means today, and how clear and compelling it can be. This “train the trainers” session is intended to provide the foundation for that training, and give you the tools you need to train others, as we welcome them (and welcome them back) to our good friend C++.

I’ve already posted these other sessions, which round out my solo talk slots (not counting panels where Scott and Andrei and I will also all participate):

• “C++ and the GPU… and Beyond.” I’ll cover the state of the art for using C++ (not just C) for general-purpose computation on graphics processing units (GPGPU). The first half of the talk discusses the most important issues and techniques to consider when using GPUs for high-performance computation, especially where we have to change our traditional advice for doing the same computation on the CPU. The second half focuses on upcoming C++ language and library extensions that bring key abstractions for GPGPU — and in time considerably more — directly into C++.
•  “Exceptional C++0x (aka C++11)” that shows how the new features in C++0x change the way we solve problems, our C++ coding style, and even the way we think about our code. I’ll demonstrate that with code that works today on existing compilers, using selected familiar examples from my Exceptional C++ books. This is not rehashed material, as I’ll assume you’re already familiar with the pre-C++0x solutions (I’ll provide links to read as refreshers before the course), and then we’ll analyze and solve them entirely the 21st-century C++ way and see why C++0x feels like a whole new fresh language that leads to different approaches, new and changed guidelines, and even better solutions. As Bjarne put it: “Surprisingly, C++0x feels like a new language: The pieces just fit together better than they used to and I find a higher-level style of programming more natural than before and as efficient as ever.” This talk will show why — deeply, madly, and truly.

The “Ask Me Anything” interview is now live.

Thanks again for all your questions; we took as many of the most popular ones as we could. I hope you enjoy it.

As promised, reminder: The followup interview on Channel 9 has been scheduled, and will be shot on Thursday, June 2. You have until midnight June 1 (North American Pacific time) to post new questions, and to vote others’ questions up/down.

If you haven’t been back to the call for questions page for a few days, please take a minute now to go back and vote for/against the questions that have been submitted in the comments. Your votes matter to help us know which questions are of most interest to the most people, and we’ll take as many of the highest-rated ones that we can.

Lloyd Moore of NWCPP did record some video and post slides of my C++ lambdas talk two days ago. The video and slides (PDF) are now online. You can see Lloyd’s friendly smile in the foreground of the final frame.

The room lighting and layout weren’t great for video recording, but the audio is quite clear and you can refer to the PDF to see everything on the slides in detail.

If your name is Scott Meyers, skip to 41:50. :)

The last Channel 9 video interview seems to have been well-received, and some people suggested Charles should have asked about additional topics.

So here’s my idea: Let’s do another C9 interview, this time with your questions — hard or soft, big or small, just not too bizarre or personal please. :)

Here’s how I’ll try to take them:

• Post your question(s) below as a reply to this post. Post as many questions as you like, but please make each one a separate reply for better clarity.
• Return often to vote your and others’ questions up or down. That way I know what’s of interest to lots of people, rather than spending 10% of the interview answering something of interest to only one person.
• Charles will pepper me with the top-rated questions and we’ll get through as many as we can in some reasonable time (30 minutes? though once we get going we tend to be hard to stop). We’ll try to do it somewhere with a whiteboard as I expect that’ll be handy.

So, now it’s all yours… reply below as often as you like, and vote the questions up/down early and often.

Update, June 7: The followup interview is now live. Thanks for all your questions, and we took as many of the most popular ones as we could!