Where do you track the developments of new c++ standards?

Question

Where do you guys generally look for developments in C++, most importantly, developments in new standard and its approx/scheduled release data? also boost (well, boost.com)

Is there a centralized place?

thx

Answer 1

C++ has been updated much here lately. I would recommend wikipedia's article on C++ though. It usually is kept up to date (not that a lot's changed). I guess the closest thing to a specification that I've found is Bjarne Stroustrup's book (the creator of the C++ language) on, what else, the C++ language.

Answer 2

You go to the C++ Standard Committee website:

Home: http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/

And for a quick access to any published papers:

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/

Answer 3

In the past I've used the C++0x wiki entry, and to a lesser extent, the Informit C++ Reference. Recently, I came across a new blog that people may want to check out. It appears to have been started by a couple of committee members:

We started this site because the community at large seems especially hungry—right now—to know more about, and to be more involved in, what's happening on the cutting edge of C++. We're going to be writing articles on C++0x and advanced C++03. ... Thanks for visiting C++Next, Dave Abrahams and Doug Gregor

http://cpp-next.com

Answer 4

A lot of insiders to the standards working group discuss and post at comp.std.c++ so I guess that would qualify.

Another good place is Herb Sutter homepage and blog.

Answer 5

Trawling through my own answers, I just found this old question and realised that, while all other answers (including my own) are still valid, there is now one more important site that has been added to the list:

http://isocpp.org/

This is run by the committee themselves and has regular updates on the status of C++. And, recursively, also points to the occasional StackOverflow post.

They also usually tweet from @isocpp, when an article is posted or updated, or about other C++ issues, such as videos from recent C++ conferences.

Answer 6

Since I lurk on the Boost Developers' mailing list, I tend to become informed of interesting new developments in the Standard that way. There is usually an announcement of some kind by the folks who are both in Boost and on the committee, and this usually prompts me to look at the committee papers, and also provides for some very interesting informed discussion.