Summary of C++ (ANSI/ISO) standards

[in_qanda]

I was hoping someone would provide me with a list of C++ standards.
As an example I THINK the following is correct for C ...

K&R1 The first 'de facto' standard
C89 ANSI X3.159-1989
Based on K&R1, then K&R2 was based on C89
C90 ISO/IEC 9899:1990
The ISO adoption of C89
C95 C90 + TC1 + TC2 + AMD1
C99 ISO/IEC 9899:1999
The current standard
TC1 is available

So, would anyone be able to provide a similar list for C++?

[Ioannis Vranos]

in_qanda wrote:

I was hoping someone would provide me with a list of C++ standards.
As an example I THINK the following is correct for C ...

K&R1 The first 'de facto' standard
C89 ANSI X3.159-1989
Based on K&R1, then K&R2 was based on C89
C90 ISO/IEC 9899:1990
The ISO adoption of C89
C95 C90 + TC1 + TC2 + AMD1
C99 ISO/IEC 9899:1999
The current standard
TC1 is available

So, would anyone be able to provide a similar list for C++?

TC++PL 1 and 2 / ARM: Books of reference, pre-standard era.

C++98: 14882:1998

C++2003: 14882:2003, Technical Corrigendum 1.

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[Oliver S.]

Check "History of C++" under
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_plus_...mming_language

[in_qanda]

> TC++PL 1 and 2 / ARM: Books of reference, pre-standard era.

Thanks for the quick reply, would you give me any more details on
TC++PL 1 and 2 / ARM, I don't know what they are.

Thanks.

[Ioannis Vranos]

in_qanda wrote:

TC++PL 1 and 2 / ARM: Books of reference, pre-standard era.

Thanks for the quick reply, would you give me any more details on
TC++PL 1 and 2 / ARM, I don't know what they are.

"The C++ Programming Language" 3rd Edition or Special Edition by Bjarne
Stroustrup (the creator of C++), is the current edition.

You can consider it as the equivalent of K&R 2 for C90, however it
teaches also good programming practices in addition to C++.

The previous editions were the equivalents of K&R 1.

The "Annotated Reference Manual" by Ellis and Stroustrup, was something
like a standard in the pre-standard area.

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[in_qanda]

> "The C++ Programming Language" 3rd Edition or Special Edition by Bjarne

Stroustrup (the creator of C++), is the current edition.

Thanks again. I'm sorry to be a pain - I'm very fussy with details.
I'm returning to C++ shortly after a long break, I only scratched the
surface when I was using it a few years ago, so I'd like to check two
more things with you please ...

First, you said in your previous post that the latest standard is
C++2003: 14882:2003, Technical Corrigendum 1.

Do you mean C++2003 is C++98 PLUS TC1 being applied to C++98 to create
C++2003, or do you mean C++2003 is a newer version that now has a TC
for it. If I were to buy the C++2003 standard would I also have to
find TC1 to have the absolute latest?

And secondly, I have C++PL3 (special edition-hard back) which I bought
about four years but never got back into C++ back then for several
reasons. The one I have is the 3rd printing, May 2000. There seems
to be an awful lot of errata on Bjarne's website, should I suffer the
loss and buy a newer version?

Sorry if this sounds stupid but I get very concerened with details.

[Ioannis Vranos]

in_qanda wrote:

Thanks again. I'm sorry to be a pain - I'm very fussy with details.
I'm returning to C++ shortly after a long break, I only scratched the
surface when I was using it a few years ago, so I'd like to check two
more things with you please ...

If you have previous programming experience with any language, a very
good approach is the book "Accelerated C++" by Andrew Koenig, Barbara Moo.
TC++PL 3 is for intermediate C++ programmers and is *not* suitable for
beginners.
First, you said in your previous post that the latest standard is
C++2003: 14882:2003, Technical Corrigendum 1.

Do you mean C++2003 is C++98 PLUS TC1 being applied to C++98 to create
C++2003, or do you mean C++2003 is a newer version that now has a TC
for it. If I were to buy the C++2003 standard would I also have to
find TC1 to have the absolute latest?
Yes it is C++98 with TC1 incorporated into it. There has not been a
separate TC1, and I do not know how such a thing could exist anyway.
TC1 is only fixes in the standard without any major new feature. A list
with the changes can be found here:
http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/author.../revisions.pdf

And secondly, I have C++PL3 (special edition-hard back) which I bought
about four years but never got back into C++ back then for several
reasons. The one I have is the 3rd printing, May 2000. There seems
to be an awful lot of errata on Bjarne's website, should I suffer the
loss and buy a newer version?

No, most errata are insignificant, but are made just to be legally
accurate. :-)
In any case when you begin reading the book cover to cover (it can't be
done otherwise anyway), you can simply correct with the errata, chapter
to chapter. Also keep in mind that TC++PL takes *years* to finish, if
you really want to learn.
Sorry if this sounds stupid but I get very concerened with details.

We all ask questions and correct one another on a daily basis here.

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[Ron Natalie]

in_qanda wrote:

I was hoping someone would provide me with a list of C++ standards.
As an example I THINK the following is correct for C ...

K&R1 The first 'de facto' standard
Actually, the first was the C Reference Manual. A document
that existed prior to the publication of K&R and appears as the
last chapter of K&R1.
C89 ANSI X3.159-1989
Based on K&R1, then K&R2 was based on C89
I dispute both haves of the final statement. By the time the
C standardization process had come around, K&R was far obsolete.
Many changes had already occurred. Many of us had to deal with
various language varients for major compiler updates: phototype
setter version, Version 7.

Actually much of the standards work dealt not with the core language
but the library, which wasn't even really addressed in K&R at all.

When the authors went to revise K&R2, they attempted to bring it
in line with what was emerging as the standard (but the standard
wasn't ready so there are differences).

So, would anyone be able to provide a similar list for C++?

The Annotated Reference Manual was sort of the official pre-standard document.
CD2 was sort of the "prestandard" heads up that most people got (because it
was very close to the standard and freely obtainable over the net).

The 1999 version of the ISO standard.
The 2003 "TC1" additions.

[Ioannis Vranos]

Ron Natalie wrote:

The 1999 version of the ISO standard.

1998.

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