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How are you using C++11 today?

Asked 2009-11-18T08:19:06.007
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This is a question in two parts, the first is the most important and concerns now:

  • Are you following the design and evolution of C++11? What blogs, newsgroups, committee papers, and other resources do you follow?
  • Even where you're not using any new features, how have they affected your current choices?
  • What new features are you using now, either in production or otherwise?

The second part is a follow-up, concerning the new standard once it is final:

  • Do you expect to use it immediately? What are you doing to prepare for C++11, other than as listed for the previous questions?
  • Obviously, compiler support must be there, but there's still co-workers, ancillary tools, and other factors to consider. What will most affect your adoption?

Edit: The original really was too argumentative; however, I'm still interested in the underlying question, so I've tried to clean it up and hopefully make it acceptable. This seems a much better avenue than duplicating—even though some answers responded to the argumentative tone, they still apply to the extent that they addressed the questions, and all answers are community property to be cleaned up as appropriate, too.

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No, I'm still using VC6 most of the time :(, won't get on to C++0x until 2020 at the earliest (perhaps I should change company?)

answered 2009-11-18T10:29:30.077
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Yes when toying arround on my own code that doesn't have the pretention to go out in the nature.

No when I code something that some people will use on older compilers.

answered 2009-11-18T12:55:46.287
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New job this year, so I willingly changed sides to the .NET/C# world. Most of the gripes I had with C++ are just non-existant in C#. They did a lot of things right (d'oh! Me praising MS)

I think C++ has become a monster, and when I last looked at it C++0x appeared to grow the monster instead of slimming it down to the really necessary subset.

Just my two cents for a subjective question ;)

answered 2009-11-18T14:26:41.923

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