A Newer Version of C++ Introduced!

There has been a revolution in the programming world as a newer version of C++ which brings both simplicity and power has been introduced.

C++ is a general-purpose programming language with imperative, object-oriented and generic programming features. It was developed some in 1998 by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs , as an extension of the C language since 1979, as he wanted an efficient and flexible language similar to C, which also provided high-level features for program organization.

C++ is an awesome and reliable modern object-oriented language close enough to the machine architecture and produces programs that run about as fast as possible.

However, as the years go by, revolution has always been a norm. Hence the update of C++.  New features have been added and they do not in any way or means lead to any break in existing programs.

C++ 17

It was discussed at the recent standards meeting in Oulu, Finland where the actual and final features list of C++ has been finalized. The new C++ 17 standards are introducing new features like structured bindings and if initialisers, making this vintage programming language “feature complete”.

Below is an outline of features  the new C++ 17 possesses:

•     C++17 is based on C11

•     Dynamic memory allocation for over-aligned data

•     Structured bindings

•     Guaranteed copy elision

•     Forward process guarantees (FPG)

•     if (init; condition) and switch (init; condition)

•     Inline variables   

•     constexpr if

•     A weaker version of fixed order-of-evaluation for expressions

•     Template argument deduction for class templates

Other non-C++17 features will be released later as add-ons in future releases.

The c++ community says the update aims to make C++ an easier language to work with and adds powerful technical specifications.